No. 1852002·alternative·4 blocks
Times Like These
The chiming, odd-meter arpeggio riff that opens Times Like These — a jangly D Mixolydian figure that cycles through 7/4 before the band crashes in. The released take was cut in May 2002 at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 basement in Alexandria, Virginia, after the band scrapped One by One's first sessions and re-recorded the album in about two weeks. Grohl's Gibson Trini Lopez semi-hollow carries the riff on the edge of breakup — his documented AC30 territory — with Mesa Dual Rectifier crunch layered in when the full band hits.
One by OneSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Trini Lopez Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Crunch
Booster
Reverb
Crunch
← Vox AC30 (Top Boost)
Gain
50
Volume
60
Bass
42
Middle
52
Treble
68
Presence
55
Master
60
Booster
← Chorus crunch push (Dual Recto layers on the record)
Drive
25
Bottom
45
Tone
55
Level
70
Reverb
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
Time
4ms
PreDelay
12ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
4
Engineer's note
File 185
The chiming, odd-meter arpeggio riff that opens Times Like These — a jangly D Mixolydian figure that cycles through 7/4 before the band crashes in. The released take was cut in May 2002 at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 basement in Alexandria, Virginia, after the band scrapped One by One's first sessions and re-recorded the album in about two weeks. Grohl's Gibson Trini Lopez semi-hollow carries the riff on the edge of breakup — his documented AC30 territory — with Mesa Dual Rectifier crunch layered in when the full band hits.
— Dave Grohl
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