No. 1221999·alternative-metal·6 blocks
Sleep Now in the Fire
Standard tuning — not Drop D — and a goading, almost childlike riff built on A-minor pentatonic over a droning open A string. The Battle of Los Angeles single runs Morello's 'Arm the Homeless' into the career-long 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12. The verse hides a strange harmonized hum: the DigiTech Whammy set to add a fixed interval below the fretted note. The wandering solo weaves wah and Whammy together while the pickup toggle stutters the feedback. The gear stays mid-forward and tight; the weirdness is all in the pedals and the right hand.
The Battle of Los AngelesSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
'Arm the Homeless' custom (Performance body / Kramer neck)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Studio Comp
Brit 800
4x12 G12-65
Digital Delay
Filter Tilt
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-52dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Studio Comp
← Tracking compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
8s
Release
120s
Mix
0.4
Level
0dB
Brit 800
← Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W)
Drive
8.5
Bass
10
Mid
9
Treble
7
Presence
7
MV
5
Cut
4
4x12 G12-65
← Peavey 4x12 (Celestion G12K-85)
LowCut85Hz
HighCut10000Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Boss DD-3 (FX loop)
Time
420ms
Feedback
3
Mix
0.2
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 122
Standard tuning — not Drop D — and a goading, almost childlike riff built on A-minor pentatonic over a droning open A string. The Battle of Los Angeles single runs Morello's 'Arm the Homeless' into the career-long 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12. The verse hides a strange harmonized hum: the DigiTech Whammy set to add a fixed interval below the fretted note. The wandering solo weaves wah and Whammy together while the pickup toggle stutters the feedback. The gear stays mid-forward and tight; the weirdness is all in the pedals and the right hand.
— Tom Morello
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