No. 1211999·alternative-metal·6 blocks
Guerrilla Radio
The Battle of Los Angeles lead single, and the riff that proved Morello could make a guitar sound like a siren and a turntable in the same three minutes. He cut it on his 'Arm the Homeless' custom in Drop D into the same 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12 he has used since 1988. The verse is a percussive, palm-muted wah 'wacka' over the low D; the solo is the DigiTech Whammy hauled two octaves up into a rising siren squeal while the toggle and pickup volumes do the rest. No fuzz, no extra gain — a mid-forward Marshall and a lot of right-hand control.
The Battle of Los AngelesSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
'Arm the Homeless' custom (Performance body / Kramer neck)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Lead
Delay
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
52dB
Release
20s
Level
0
Lead
← Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W)
Gain
85
Volume
55
Bass
95
Middle
90
Treble
70
Presence
70
Master
55
Delay
← Boss DD-3 (FX loop)
Time
400ms
Feedback
10
EffectLevel
16
Engineer's note
File 121
The Battle of Los Angeles lead single, and the riff that proved Morello could make a guitar sound like a siren and a turntable in the same three minutes. He cut it on his 'Arm the Homeless' custom in Drop D into the same 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12 he has used since 1988. The verse is a percussive, palm-muted wah 'wacka' over the low D; the solo is the DigiTech Whammy hauled two octaves up into a rising siren squeal while the toggle and pickup volumes do the rest. No fuzz, no extra gain — a mid-forward Marshall and a lot of right-hand control.
— Tom Morello
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