No. 1502002·desert-rock·6 blocks
First It Giveth
Josh Homme's churning, mid-forward riff from Songs for the Deaf (2002). Producer Eric Valentine tracked the album to tape at Sound City through a deliberately 'wrong' palette of solid-state and bass amps (Ampeg V-4B, VT-40), miked off-axis for a thick low-mid body. The grind is a fuzz -- read as a Univox Super-Fuzz -- pushed by a Boss SD-1, with a GE-7 boosting around 400 Hz. Two whole steps down in C standard for a fat, rolling low end.
Songs for the DeafSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Ovation Ultra GP (era: Maton MS-series)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
C standard (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Deluxe Comp
Octave Fuzz
Stupor OD
US Double Nrm
2x12 Double C12N
Room
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
180s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Octave Fuzz
← Univox Super-Fuzz (modified U-1095)
Drive
7.5
Gain
6
Tone
5
Level
6
Stupor OD
← Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Drive
4
Gain
5
Tone
5.5
Level
6
US Double Nrm
← Ampeg V-4B / VT-40 (blended solid-state amps)
Drive
4
Bass
4.5
Mid
7.5
Treble
5
Presence
4.5
ChVol
6
Master
5
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Double C12N
← Guitar cab (undocumented), off-axis miked
LowCut90Hz
HighCut6300Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio room ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
8
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
14ms
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 150
Josh Homme's churning, mid-forward riff from Songs for the Deaf (2002). Producer Eric Valentine tracked the album to tape at Sound City through a deliberately 'wrong' palette of solid-state and bass amps (Ampeg V-4B, VT-40), miked off-axis for a thick low-mid body. The grind is a fuzz -- read as a Univox Super-Fuzz -- pushed by a Boss SD-1, with a GE-7 boosting around 400 Hz. Two whole steps down in C standard for a fat, rolling low end.
— Josh Homme
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