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 · 6 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Junior (double-cutaway)
Pickups
P90
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Double Verb
4x12 Greenback
Room
Graphic EQ
Compressor
← UA 1176 (studio bus comp)
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
4:1
Attack
6s
Release
200s
Mix
0.8
Level
0dB
Double Verb
← 1950s Fender Twin / Ampeg V-2
Drive
6.5
Bass
3
Mid
8.2
Treble
6
Presence
5.5
MV
7
Cut
5
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 4x12 Greenback
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← Record Plant room (minimal)
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Graphic EQ
← Mid-focus EQ
800Hz
3
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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