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 · 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
Boost
Plexi 100W Normal
4x12 Greenback
Plate Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
180s
Mix
22
Level
0dB
Boost
← MXR Micro Amp (clean boost)
Drive
3
Tone
5
Level
7
Plexi 100W Normal
← Marshall Astoria (EL34 head)
Gain
5
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
7
Sag
4
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 1982A 4x12 (Celestion)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Level
0dB
Plate Reverb
← EHX Holy Grail (x2) / studio room
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
16ms
Mix
13
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global brightness EQ
Bands
1.5
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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