No. 1861997·alternative·4 blocks
Monkey Wrench
Monkey Wrench opens The Colour and the Shape at a full sprint — a frantic single-note main riff and a chorus wall of high-gain distortion. Dave Grohl tracked the heavy parts on his Gibson Trini Lopez semi-hollow through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, with the lighter verse and the bridge breakdown leaning on a Vox AC30. Producer Gil Norton double-tracked the rhythm hard left and right, and the dirt is all amp — no distortion pedals.
The Colour and the ShapeSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Trini Lopez Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Cali Rectifire
4x12 Cali V30
Room
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Noise Gate
← Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Threshold
-58dB
Decay
0.3s
Deluxe Comp
← Tightening compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
4dB
Attack
50s
Release
600s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Cali Rectifire
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel)
Drive
8
Bass
6
Mid
4
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
4.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Mesa/Boogie 4x12 (Vintage 30)
LowCut80Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio room ambience
LowCut150Hz
HighCut5500Hz
Mix
12
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 186
Monkey Wrench opens The Colour and the Shape at a full sprint — a frantic single-note main riff and a chorus wall of high-gain distortion. Dave Grohl tracked the heavy parts on his Gibson Trini Lopez semi-hollow through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, with the lighter verse and the bridge breakdown leaning on a Vox AC30. Producer Gil Norton double-tracked the rhythm hard left and right, and the dirt is all amp — no distortion pedals.
— Dave Grohl
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