No. 0921988·funk-metal·4 blocks
Cult of Personality
Living Colour's 1988 breakout — a hyperactive funk-metal riff built on staccato pull-offs and a wild, improvised solo. Vernon Reid cut it on his multi-colored ESP Mirage (EMG 81 bridge humbucker plus two EMG SA single-coils) through a Pro-Co RAT into a wall of Marshalls blended with a Dean Markley DR150; the solo adds a Fender Showman to the amp stack. Standard tuning. The famous A/DA MP-1 rack rig came later, on Time's Up — on Vivid the bite is the RAT and the EMGs, recorded by Ed Stasium at Skyline.
VividSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
ESP Mirage (Custom Shop, 'Gobstopper' finish)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Rat Distortion
Brit 2203
4x12 Brit T75
Hall
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
6s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Rat Distortion
← Pro-Co RAT
Drive
7
Tone
4
Level
6
Brit 2203
← Marshall + Dean Markley DR150
Gain
6
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
6
Sag
5
4x12 Brit T75
← Marshall 4x12
LowCut90Hz
HighCut10000Hz
Level
0dB
Hall
← Skyline room ambience
Decay
0.7s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
16
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
5.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 092
Living Colour's 1988 breakout — a hyperactive funk-metal riff built on staccato pull-offs and a wild, improvised solo. Vernon Reid cut it on his multi-colored ESP Mirage (EMG 81 bridge humbucker plus two EMG SA single-coils) through a Pro-Co RAT into a wall of Marshalls blended with a Dean Markley DR150; the solo adds a Fender Showman to the amp stack. Standard tuning. The famous A/DA MP-1 rack rig came later, on Time's Up — on Vivid the bite is the RAT and the EMGs, recorded by Ed Stasium at Skyline.
— Vernon Reid
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