No. 0811991·grunge·6 blocks
Alive
Alive ends on one of rock's most euphoric outro solos — and famously, the keeper take was a single pass nailed at the mix in England, with a Uni-Vibe swirling underneath. The rig is McCready's Ten staple: the black 1962 Japanese-reissue Strat, an Ibanez TS-9 pushing a cranked Marshall JCM800, a Cry Baby in the solo, and that Uni-Vibe on the outro. Note: the 1959 Les Paul fans tie to Alive is his LIVE guitar (bought in 1998) — the recording is the Strat.
TenSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1962 Japanese Reissue)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Teardrop 310
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 Greenback 25
U-Vibe
Room
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
80s
Release
900s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Teardrop 310
← Dunlop Cry Baby
Mix
100
Level
0
Scream 808
← Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
Gain
4
Tone
5.5
Level
7.5
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 2203
Drive
6.8
Bass
4.8
Mid
6.2
Treble
6.6
Presence
6
ChVol
5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 1960A 4x12 (25-watt Greenbacks)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
U-Vibe
← Uni-Vibe
Rate
0.3Hz
Depth
0.6
Mix
40
Level
0
Room
← Tracking / mix ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
18
Decay
0.4s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 081
Alive ends on one of rock's most euphoric outro solos — and famously, the keeper take was a single pass nailed at the mix in England, with a Uni-Vibe swirling underneath. The rig is McCready's Ten staple: the black 1962 Japanese-reissue Strat, an Ibanez TS-9 pushing a cranked Marshall JCM800, a Cry Baby in the solo, and that Uni-Vibe on the outro. Note: the 1959 Les Paul fans tie to Alive is his LIVE guitar (bought in 1998) — the recording is the Strat.
— Mike McCready
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