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 · 4 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
'Arm the Homeless' custom (Performance body / Kramer neck)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Search Rig Exchange for 'JCM800 2205' or 'Marshall 50W'
Single Delay
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
5.5dB
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'JCM800 2205' or 'Marshall 50W'
← Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W)
Gain
8.5
Bass
10
Middle
9
Treble
7
Presence
7
Single Delay
← Boss DD-3 (FX loop)
Time
420ms
Feedback
0.1
Mix
0.2
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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