No. 0971976·classic-rock·5 blocks
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
The shimmering clean riff that drives Blue Öyster Cult's classic. Buck Dharma cut it not on his signature SG but on co-producer Murray Krugman's hollowbody Gibson ES-175, chosen for its warmer, woodier jangle, through a clean Music Man 410-65 combo at the Record Plant in New York. The shimmer comes from the hollowbody plus an EMT plate and a 15-ips tape delay tracked live — not a chorus pedal. Standard tuning, A-minor riff.
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Guitar
Gibson ES-175
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'Music Man' or 'Fender Twin clean'
Single Delay
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
3
Attack
0.1s
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Music Man' or 'Fender Twin clean'
← Music Man 410-65 (clean)
Gain
3.5
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
Single Delay
← 15-ips tape delay
Time
90ms
Feedback
12
Mix
0.1
Plate Reverb
← EMT plate (Record Plant)
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.2
Engineer's note
File 097
The shimmering clean riff that drives Blue Öyster Cult's classic. Buck Dharma cut it not on his signature SG but on co-producer Murray Krugman's hollowbody Gibson ES-175, chosen for its warmer, woodier jangle, through a clean Music Man 410-65 combo at the Record Plant in New York. The shimmer comes from the hollowbody plus an EMT plate and a 15-ips tape delay tracked live — not a chorus pedal. Standard tuning, A-minor riff.
— Buck Dharma
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