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.
Threat to SurvivalSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
PRS SE Custom (singlecut)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D), whole step down
Gate
Studio Comp
TS808
Diezel VH4
4x12 V30
Room Reverb
Graphic EQ
Gate
← Noise gate
Threshold
-50dB
Release
12s
Studio Comp
← Tracking compression
Threshold
-24dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
30s
Release
150s
Mix
20
Level
0dB
TS808
← Tube Screamer-style boost
Drive
1.5
Tone
6
Level
7
Diezel VH4
← Axe-Fx II (Diezel Herbert / Fryette)
Gain
7
Bass
6
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
5
Sag
4
4x12 V30
← Diamond 4x12 (V30)
LowCut100Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Room Reverb
← Subtle studio ambience
Decay
0.8s
Predelay
10ms
Mix
8
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tightening EQ
Bands
2
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 167
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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