No. 1642023·hard-rock·4 blocks
Sacred the Thread
Greta Van Fleet's 'Sacred the Thread' from 2023's Starcatcher, produced by Dave Cobb at historic RCA Studio A in Nashville. Jake Kiszka deliberately abandoned his Marshall stacks for this record -- 'it just moves so much air' -- and tracked entirely on combo amps: a blonde Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, a silverface Princeton and a Magnatone Twilighter, captured with a multi-distance mic blend. The reverb is the room itself. His 1961 Gibson SG, standard tuning.
StarcatcherSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
1961 Gibson SG ('The Beloved')
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio Comp
Treble Boost
AC-30 TB
2x12 Blue
Room
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
180s
Mix
0.2
Level
0dB
Treble Boost
← Jext Telez Range Lord (treble booster) -- inferred
Drive
4
Tone
7
Level
6
AC-30 TB
← Vox AC30 (one of several combos)
Drive
6
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
MV
7
2x12 Blue
← Vox AC30 2x12 (Celestion Blue)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← RCA Studio A room
Mix
0.2
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
14ms
Graphic EQ
← Global tone shaping
Bands
1.5
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 164
Greta Van Fleet's 'Sacred the Thread' from 2023's Starcatcher, produced by Dave Cobb at historic RCA Studio A in Nashville. Jake Kiszka deliberately abandoned his Marshall stacks for this record -- 'it just moves so much air' -- and tracked entirely on combo amps: a blonde Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, a silverface Princeton and a Magnatone Twilighter, captured with a multi-distance mic blend. The reverb is the room itself. His 1961 Gibson SG, standard tuning.
— Jake Kiszka
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