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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Trini Lopez Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio Comp
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Vox AC30 Top Boost'
Room Reverb
Studio Comp
← Studio tracking compression
Intensity
3
Attack
0.1s
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Chorus crunch push (Dual Recto layers on the record)
Drive
3
Tone
5.5
Volume
7
Search Rig Exchange for 'Vox AC30 Top Boost'
← Vox AC30 (Top Boost)
Gain
5.5
Bass
4.5
Middle
5.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5
Room Reverb
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
Decay
1s
Predelay
12ms
Mix
0.1
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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