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 · 6 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Maton BB1200
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
C standard (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Fulltone Ultimate Octave
Z.Vex Super Hard-On (SHO)
Ampeg (VT-22 / vintage Ampeg, blended)
Guitar cab (model undocumented)
Shure SM57 (assumed)
Fulltone Ultimate Octave
fuzz
Volume
6
Drive
7
Z.Vex Super Hard-On (SHO)
boost
Volume
6
Ampeg (VT-22 / vintage Ampeg, blended)
preamp
Volume
7
Bass
5
Middle
7
Treble
6
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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