No. 1842002·alternative·4 blocks

All My Life

The frantic, palm-muted intro riff that detonates into One by One's lead single. Dave Grohl's rig from The Colour and the Shape onward was a Gibson Trini Lopez Standard — a diamond-soundhole semi-hollow — into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, and All My Life leans on exactly that: tight, aggressive Recto gain in drop D, with the low end reined in so the fast muted picking stays surgical. Chris Shiflett doubles and layers. The dynamic shift from whispered intro to full-throttle chorus is in the picking hand, not a channel switch.

One by One coverOne by One
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Trini Lopez Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop D
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Cali Rectifire
4x12 Cali V30
Room
Scream 808
Tilt
Noise Gate
← FRFR gate (tightness)
Cab
Threshold
-50dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Studio tracking compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
4:1
Knee
4dB
Attack
50ms
Release
250ms
Mix
45
Level
0dB
Cali Rectifire
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
Amp
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
5
Master
8
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Mesa/Boogie oversized 4x12 (V30)
Cab
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
Reverb
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
8
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Level
0
Scream 808
← Optional tightening boost
Distortion
Gain
2
Tone
6
Level
7
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
  • Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
  • Quad Cortex 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Noise Gate, Studio Comp, Recto, Room. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

  • Katana 1 block missing from the file; 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Reverb. The recipe calls for this block, but we have no verified model ID for it on this platform, so the preset is written without it. Add it by hand using the settings above.

    Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, Noise Gate, Booster, Reverb. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

Helix DSP
62.5% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 cited, 0 from publications that do original gear reporting — every source here is an aggregator, tab site, video, or wiki. Treat the gear list as less settled than usual.
Attribution
Not yet rated — This recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
What we didn't check
  • Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
  • The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
  • No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
  • 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
The mic in this chain

Shure SM57

Still made, still the studio default. The cheapest part of this chain to get right.

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