No. 1772009·sludge-metal·4 blocks
Oblivion
The melodic opener of Crack the Skye — Mastodon's proggiest, most spacious record, tracked live as a four-piece by Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks, Atlanta. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds ran vintage Marshall JCM800 and JMP heads with a Fender Twin Reverb for cleans (no Diezel — that's their later touring rig), boosted by Ibanez Tube King and TS-9 overdrives into Silverburst Gibsons. Warmer and more open than Blood Mountain, with O'Brien's 'let it breathe' room sound.
Crack the SkyeSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst (Kelliher) / Flying V (Hinds)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard / Drop D (album sits in standard-to-drop-D range; exact 'Oblivion' tuning not primary-documented)
Noise Gate
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800' or 'JMP'
Plate Reverb
Noise Gate
← Input noise gate
Threshold
4dB
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Ibanez Tube King / TS-9
Drive
3
Tone
6
Volume
7
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800' or 'JMP'
← Marshall JCM800 / JMP
Gain
6
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Plate Reverb
← Studio room / O'Brien space
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
18ms
Mix
12
Engineer's note
File 177
The melodic opener of Crack the Skye — Mastodon's proggiest, most spacious record, tracked live as a four-piece by Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks, Atlanta. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds ran vintage Marshall JCM800 and JMP heads with a Fender Twin Reverb for cleans (no Diezel — that's their later touring rig), boosted by Ibanez Tube King and TS-9 overdrives into Silverburst Gibsons. Warmer and more open than Blood Mountain, with O'Brien's 'let it breathe' room sound.
— Bill Kelliher
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