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 · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
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)
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← Marshall JCM800 / JMP + TS boost
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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