No. 0511976·classic-rock·4 blocks
Hotel California
One of the most-studied lead tones in rock. Don Felder cut the famous Hotel California outro solo with his 1959 Les Paul Standard plugged straight into a narrow-panel mid-50s Fender Tweed Deluxe, cranked into edge-of-breakup territory, with a Maestro Echoplex in the loop for the tape-delay swell. Felder and Walsh trade twin-harmony lines, but the lead voice is Felder's PAF-on-Tweed-combo — fat, singing, slightly breaking up at the top of every note.
Hotel CaliforniaSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard (1959 Sunburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Tube Screamer
Crunch
Tape Echo
Plate
Tube Screamer
← Tube Screamer (alt boost)
Drive
1
Bottom
5
Tone
6
Level
7
Crunch
← Fender Tweed Deluxe (cranked)
Gain
6
Volume
6
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
6
Tape Echo
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3
Time
310ms
Feedback
2
EffectLevel
25
Plate
← Studio plate
Time
5ms
PreDelay
30ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
25
Engineer's note
File 051
One of the most-studied lead tones in rock. Don Felder cut the famous Hotel California outro solo with his 1959 Les Paul Standard plugged straight into a narrow-panel mid-50s Fender Tweed Deluxe, cranked into edge-of-breakup territory, with a Maestro Echoplex in the loop for the tape-delay swell. Felder and Walsh trade twin-harmony lines, but the lead voice is Felder's PAF-on-Tweed-combo — fat, singing, slightly breaking up at the top of every note.
— Don Felder
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