No. 1802006·sludge-metal·4 blocks
Colony of Birchmen
The chiming, harmonized main riff from Mastodon's Blood Mountain single. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds track dual guitars in D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) — a whole step below concert — for the thick, ringing weight the riff hangs on. Kelliher's confirmed Blood Mountain amp was a Laney VH100R (later auctioned) driving an Orange 4x12, with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end; Hinds layers a Marshall JMP / Diezel side for width. Recorded by Matt Bayles at Studio Litho. The Marshall JCM800 Kerry King and Friedman signature heads came later — not this record.
Blood MountainSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
D standard
Compressor
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Laney VH100R' or 'Marshall JCM800 high gain'
Room Reverb
Compressor
← Studio tracking compression
Intensity
3
Attack
0.1s
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Drive
2
Tone
6
Volume
7
Search Rig Exchange for 'Laney VH100R' or 'Marshall JCM800 high gain'
← Laney VH100R (British high-gain)
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
Room Reverb
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Mix
0.1
Engineer's note
File 180
The chiming, harmonized main riff from Mastodon's Blood Mountain single. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds track dual guitars in D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) — a whole step below concert — for the thick, ringing weight the riff hangs on. Kelliher's confirmed Blood Mountain amp was a Laney VH100R (later auctioned) driving an Orange 4x12, with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end; Hinds layers a Marshall JMP / Diezel side for width. Recorded by Matt Bayles at Studio Litho. The Marshall JCM800 Kerry King and Friedman signature heads came later — not this record.
— Bill Kelliher
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