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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Junior (double-cutaway)
Pickups
P90
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Crunch
Mid Boost
Room
Crunch
← 1950s Fender Twin / Ampeg V-2 (cranked)
Gain
5
Volume
6
Bass
3
Middle
9
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
6
Mid Boost
← Clean mid boost (optional)
Drive
0
Bottom
4
Tone
6
Level
6
Room
← Record Plant room (minimal)
Time
2ms
PreDelay
10ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
8
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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