No. 0761975·hard-rock·4 blocks
Walk This Way
The funk-rock riff Joe Perry wrote at a Hawaii soundcheck, chasing a Meters/James Brown groove on Joey Kramer's beat. A P-90 Les Paul Junior straight into a cranked, mid-forward amp — no pedals on the riff. The growl lives entirely in the midrange (pushed up around 800 Hz), with the bass pulled way back and zero reverb. Engineer Jay Messina blended three mics into an 1176 and a Pultec at the Record Plant. The grit is cranked-tube saturation and Perry's right hand, not a stompbox.
Toys in the AtticSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Junior (double-cutaway)
Pickups
P90
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Arbitrator Fuzz
US Double Nrm
4x12 Greenback 25
Room
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← UA 1176 (studio bus comp)
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
4:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
500s
Mix
80
Level
0dB
Arbitrator Fuzz
← Maestro FZ-1S Fuzz-Tone (outro only)
Gain
7
Tone
5
Level
6
US Double Nrm
← 1950s Fender Twin / Ampeg V-2
Drive
6.5
Bass
3
Mid
8.2
Treble
6
Presence
5.5
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 Greenback
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Record Plant room (minimal)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
10
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (mid focus)
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
800Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 076
The funk-rock riff Joe Perry wrote at a Hawaii soundcheck, chasing a Meters/James Brown groove on Joey Kramer's beat. A P-90 Les Paul Junior straight into a cranked, mid-forward amp — no pedals on the riff. The growl lives entirely in the midrange (pushed up around 800 Hz), with the bass pulled way back and zero reverb. Engineer Jay Messina blended three mics into an 1176 and a Pultec at the Record Plant. The grit is cranked-tube saturation and Perry's right hand, not a stompbox.
— Joe Perry
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