No. 1512007·desert-rock·5 blocks
3's & 7's
Josh Homme's hard, mechanical riff from Era Vulgaris (2007) -- the record Homme described as 'construction-site' rock. Co-produced by Homme and Chris Goss (as The Fififf Teeners) and engineered by Alain Johannes at Cherokee, Steakhouse and Sound City. By this era the Maton BB1200 is Homme's main guitar, run into his Ampeg-leaning amps with an aggressive octave-fuzz bite over a tight, forward mid. Tuned down to C standard per band convention.
Era VulgarisSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Maton BB1200
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
C standard (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Deluxe Comp
Octave Fuzz
Minotaur
US Double Brt
4x12 Mash V30
Room
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2.5:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
30s
Release
160s
Mix
35
Level
0dB
Octave Fuzz
← Fulltone Ultimate Octave
Drive
7
Gain
6.5
Tone
6
Level
6
Minotaur
← Z.Vex Super Hard-On clean boost
Drive
3
Tone
6
Boost
6
Level
6
US Double Brt
← Ampeg (VT-22 / vintage Ampeg)
Drive
4.5
Bass
4.5
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
5
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Mash V30
← Guitar cab (undocumented)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut6800Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio room ambience
LowCut220Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
7
Decay
0.5s
Predelay
12ms
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 151
Josh Homme's hard, mechanical riff from Era Vulgaris (2007) -- the record Homme described as 'construction-site' rock. Co-produced by Homme and Chris Goss (as The Fififf Teeners) and engineered by Alain Johannes at Cherokee, Steakhouse and Sound City. By this era the Maton BB1200 is Homme's main guitar, run into his Ampeg-leaning amps with an aggressive octave-fuzz bite over a tight, forward mid. Tuned down to C standard per band convention.
— Josh Homme
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