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 · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
1961 Gibson SG ('The Beloved')
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Jext Telez Range Lord (treble booster) -- inferred
Vox AC30 (one of several combos)
Vox AC30 2x12 (combo speakers, no separate cab)
Multi-distance blend (close + 2ft + 5ft + room)
Jext Telez Range Lord (treble booster) -- inferred
boost
Boost
5
Vox AC30 (one of several combos)
preamp
Volume
7
Bass
5
Treble
6
Cut
4
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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