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.
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Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Junior (double-cutaway)
Pickups
P90
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Universal Audio 1176 (studio)
Ampeg V-2 / 1950s Fender Twin (disputed)
Marshall 4x12 (Celestion G12M Greenback)
Sony C37 + Shure SM57 + Sennheiser MD421 (3-mic blend)
Universal Audio 1176 (studio)
compressor
Ratio
4:1
Attack
5s
Release
6s
Ampeg V-2 / 1950s Fender Twin (disputed)
preamp
Volume
6
Bass
3
Middle
8
Treble
6
Reverb
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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