No. 0362006·blues-rock·3 blocks

Gravity

Gravity is the ultimate showcase of Mayer's dynamic touch on a Stratocaster. The tone is remarkably clean -- almost no overdrive from the amp, just the pure sound of a great Strat through a boutique Two Rock amplifier. Every nuance of pick attack, finger pressure, and volume knob adjustment is audible. The Klon Centaur is always on but set extremely low, adding just a touch of harmonic richness and compression.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 10 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (SRV Signature / Big Dipper pickups)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Minotaur
Scream 808
Derailed Ingrid
2x12 Mail C12Q
Bucket Brigade
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Volume/Pan
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Always-on studio compressor
Dynamics
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38ms
Release
200ms
Mix
70
Level
4dB
Minotaur
← Klon Centaur (Mayer's always-on transparent boost)
Distortion
Gain
3
Tone
5
Level
6.5
Scream 808
← Ibanez TS9 / TS808 (Mayer's stacked lead boost)
Distortion
Gain
2
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Derailed Ingrid
← Two Rock Custom Reverb (John Mayer Signature)
Amp
Drive
5
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
5.5
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Mail C12Q
← Two Rock 2x12
Cab
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Bucket Brigade
← Way Huge Aqua-Puss (Continuum era)
Effect
Time
150ms
Feedback
20
Mix
18
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate
Dynamics
LowCut120Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Mix
22
Decay
1.8s
Level
0
PreDelay
40ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.6
Damping
4000
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0

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 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Myth Drive, Search Cortex Cloud for 'Two Rock' capture, 2x12 Boutique, 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 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Clean, Compressor, Plate. 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.

Helix DSP
54.7% of one chip — fits (1 block has no published cost and is counted as zero)
Sources
2 cited, 1 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
Not yet rated — This recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
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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