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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
D standard
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Laney VH100R
Orange PPC412
Shure SM57
Ibanez Tube Screamer
overdrive
Drive
2
Tone
6
Level
7
Laney VH100R
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
5
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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