No. 0611991·grunge·4 blocks
Black
Black is Mike McCready's masterclass in dynamics — clean, aching verses that bloom into one of grunge's most emotional outro solos. The secret is two amps: a Fender Bassman handles the pristine clean arpeggios (McCready himself said "you can hear that on Black"), while a cranked Marshall JCM800 pushed by an Ibanez TS-9 carries the soaring lead. The guitar is the black 1962 Japanese-reissue Stratocaster that Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament bought him during the Ten sessions.
TenSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1962 Japanese Reissue)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 Greenback 25
Simple Delay
Room
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
80s
Release
900s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
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
Simple Delay
← Subtle slap (studio)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut5500Hz
Time
340ms
Feedback
18
Mix
15
Level
0
Room
← Tracking room ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
18
Decay
0.4s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 061
Black is Mike McCready's masterclass in dynamics — clean, aching verses that bloom into one of grunge's most emotional outro solos. The secret is two amps: a Fender Bassman handles the pristine clean arpeggios (McCready himself said "you can hear that on Black"), while a cranked Marshall JCM800 pushed by an Ibanez TS-9 carries the soaring lead. The guitar is the black 1962 Japanese-reissue Stratocaster that Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament bought him during the Ten sessions.
— Mike McCready
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