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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
'Arm the Homeless' custom (Performance body / Kramer neck)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
DigiTech Whammy WH-1 (harmony mode)
Dunlop Cry Baby (GCB95)
Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W)
Peavey 4x12 (Celestion G12K-85)
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay (FX loop)
Shure SM57
DigiTech Whammy WH-1 (harmony mode)
pitch
Dunlop Cry Baby (GCB95)
wah
Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W)
preamp
Gain
9
Bass
10
Middle
10
Treble
7
Presence
7
Master
5
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay (FX loop)
delay · FX loop
Time
420ms
Feedback
3
Level
22
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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