No. 1231996·alternative-metal·5 blocks
People of the Sun
One of Morello's most ingenious noises: the main 'riff' of People of the Sun is made by scraping a hex (Allen) wrench across the strings between the pickups, not by fretting notes — a metallic, machine-like screech that became an Evil Empire signature. Underneath it is his usual rig in Drop D: the 'Arm the Homeless' custom into the 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12. The Whammy adds dive-bomb squeals over the chorus. The tone itself is plain mid-forward Marshall crunch — the magic is the technique sitting on top of it.
Evil EmpireSignal path · input → output · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
Guitar
'Arm the Homeless' custom (Performance body / Kramer neck)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
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Engineer's note
File 123
One of Morello's most ingenious noises: the main 'riff' of People of the Sun is made by scraping a hex (Allen) wrench across the strings between the pickups, not by fretting notes — a metallic, machine-like screech that became an Evil Empire signature. Underneath it is his usual rig in Drop D: the 'Arm the Homeless' custom into the 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12. The Whammy adds dive-bomb squeals over the chorus. The tone itself is plain mid-forward Marshall crunch — the magic is the technique sitting on top of it.
— Tom Morello
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