No. 1672015·hard-rock·5 blocks

Cut the Cord

The pummeling lead single from Shinedown's 2015 album Threat to Survival. Zach Myers tracked it on a PRS SE tuned a whole step down to D standard with heavy .011-.052 strings, run through his Axe-Fx II -- patches built on a Diezel Herbert and a Fryette -- into a Diamond 4x12. It's a tight, percussive, low-tuned chug with a noise gate clamping the chug-stops, the kind of modern high-gain rhythm that lives on right-hand mute control.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
PRS SE Custom (singlecut)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D), whole step down
Brown
Booster
Reverb
Brown
← Axe-Fx II (Diezel Herbert / Fryette)
Amp
Gain
7
Volume
6
Bass
6
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
5
Booster
← Tube Screamer-style boost
Distortion
Drive
2
Bottom
2
Tone
6
Level
6
Reverb
← Subtle studio ambience
Reverb
Time
2ms
PreDelay
10ms
Tone
4
EffectLevel
5

Engineer's note

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The pummeling lead single from Shinedown's 2015 album Threat to Survival. Zach Myers tracked it on a PRS SE tuned a whole step down to D standard with heavy .011-.052 strings, run through his Axe-Fx II -- patches built on a Diezel Herbert and a Fryette -- into a Diamond 4x12. It's a tight, percussive, low-tuned chug with a noise gate clamping the chug-stops, the kind of modern high-gain rhythm that lives on right-hand mute control.
Zach Myers

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