No. 1632018·hard-rock·4 blocks
When the Curtain Falls
Greta Van Fleet's swaggering lead single from 2018's Anthem of the Peaceful Army, cut at Blackbird and Rustbelt with the 'Rust Brothers' (Al Sutton, Marlon Young, Herschel Boone). For this era Jake Kiszka's documented rig was his 1961 Gibson SG into a Marshall Astoria head and a 1982A 4x12, pushed by an MXR Micro Amp boost with twin EHX Holy Grail reverbs -- a cleaner, punchier Marshall than his Plexi sound. The studio also blended an AC30 with the Marshall. ~96 BPM, standard tuning.
Anthem of the Peaceful ArmySignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
1961 Gibson SG ('The Beloved')
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Deluxe Comp
Kinky Boost
Brit Plexi Nrm
4x12 Greenback 25
Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
180s
Mix
22
Level
0dB
Kinky Boost
← MXR Micro Amp (clean boost)
Drive
3
Gain
4
Tone
5
Level
7
Brit Plexi Nrm
← Marshall Astoria (EL34 head)
Drive
5
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
7
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 1982A 4x12 (Celestion)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← EHX Holy Grail (x2) / studio room
LowCut220Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Mix
13
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
16ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 163
Greta Van Fleet's swaggering lead single from 2018's Anthem of the Peaceful Army, cut at Blackbird and Rustbelt with the 'Rust Brothers' (Al Sutton, Marlon Young, Herschel Boone). For this era Jake Kiszka's documented rig was his 1961 Gibson SG into a Marshall Astoria head and a 1982A 4x12, pushed by an MXR Micro Amp boost with twin EHX Holy Grail reverbs -- a cleaner, punchier Marshall than his Plexi sound. The studio also blended an AC30 with the Marshall. ~96 BPM, standard tuning.
— Jake Kiszka
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