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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Trini Lopez Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio compression (tracking)
Vox AC30 (Top Boost)
Vox AC30 2x12 (Celestion Blue, combo speakers)
Shure SM57
Studio compression (tracking)
compressor
Ratio
3:1
Peak Reduction
15
Vox AC30 (Top Boost)
preamp
Volume
7
Treble
6
Bass
4
Cut
3
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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