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 · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Maton BB1200
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
C standard (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Studio Comp
Octave Fuzz
Brit 800
4x12 V30
Room Reverb
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2.5:1
Attack
30s
Release
160s
Mix
35
Level
0dB
Octave Fuzz
← Fulltone Ultimate Octave
Drive
7
Tone
6
Level
6
Brit 800
← Ampeg (VT-22 / vintage Ampeg)
Gain
4.5
Bass
4.5
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
5
Sag
5
4x12 V30
← Guitar cab (undocumented)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut6800Hz
Level
0dB
Room Reverb
← Studio room ambience
Decay
0.5s
Predelay
12ms
Mix
7
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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