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.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
1961 Gibson SG ('The Beloved')
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio Comp
Treble Booster
AC30 Top Boost
2x12 Blue
Room Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
180s
Mix
22
Level
0dB
Treble Booster
← Jext Telez Range Lord (treble booster) -- inferred
Distortion
Drive
4
Tone
7
Level
6
AC30 Top Boost
← Vox AC30 (one of several combos)
Amp
Gain
6
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
7
Sag
6
2x12 Blue
← Vox AC30 2x12 (Celestion Blue)
Cab
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Room Reverb
← RCA Studio A room
Reverb
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
14ms
Mix
16
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tone shaping
EQ
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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