The Spirit of Radio
Lifeson names the pedal himself: the flanger on this song was an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress, and he still has it. That single sentence settles the part of this tone that players usually get wrong by reaching for a chorus instead. The cascading intro lick is a bright semi-hollow through a barely-driven amp with the Mistress doing the sweeping -- and the flanger's filter notches, not the amp, are what make the figure shimmer.
Permanent Waves
What we checked
Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works
Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
- Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
- Quad Cortex 7 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Flanger, Vintage Chorus, Brit Watt 100, 4x12 Hiwatt Fane, Room Reverb, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
- Katana 2 blocks missing from the file; 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Not in the file: Delay, Room. The recipe calls for these blocks, but we have no verified model ID for them on this platform, so the preset is written without them. Add them by hand using the settings above.
Replaced with a stand-in: Clean, Booster, Flanger, Delay, Room. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
What we didn't check
- Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
- The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
- No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
- 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
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