No. 1662008·hard-rock·5 blocks
Second Chance
Shinedown's breakout radio anthem from 2008's The Sound of Madness. Zach Myers built it on a PRS Santana that he had converted into a semi-hollow -- the guitar he still brings out specifically for this song -- run into his longtime Diezel Herbert. The verses are chiming, clean arpeggios; the choruses and the soaring melodic lead push the amp into a smooth, vocal singing sustain. A polished, big-radio production with plate ambience holding it all together.
The Sound of MadnessSignal path · input → output · 6 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
PRS Santana (semi-hollow conversion)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio Compressor
Transparent boost (lead)
Diezel Herbert
Diezel 4x12 (Celestion V30)
Shure SM57 (assumed)
Studio Compressor
compressor
Peak Reduction
30
Gain
6
Transparent boost (lead)
overdrive
Gain
2
Tone
6
Level
7
Diezel Herbert
preamp
Gain
4
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
6
Engineer's note
File 166
Shinedown's breakout radio anthem from 2008's The Sound of Madness. Zach Myers built it on a PRS Santana that he had converted into a semi-hollow -- the guitar he still brings out specifically for this song -- run into his longtime Diezel Herbert. The verses are chiming, clean arpeggios; the choruses and the soaring melodic lead push the amp into a smooth, vocal singing sustain. A polished, big-radio production with plate ambience holding it all together.
— Zach Myers
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