No. 2041980·metal·5 blocks
Mr. Crowley
The outro solo that made Randy Rhoads' reputation, cut at Ridge Farm in the spring of 1980 with Max Norman engineering. The rig is a 1974 Les Paul Custom into a Marshall 1959 Super Lead run through a Variac at around 90 volts, with an MXR Distortion+ in front. The room matters as much as the amp: the cabinets lived in a stone chamber under the control room, and Rhoads played from the top of the steps into that natural reverb rather than a plate.
Blizzard of OzzSignal path · input → output · 6 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1974, cream)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
MXR Distortion+
MXR 10-Band Graphic EQ
Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W (run through a Variac at ~90V)
2x Marshall 4x12
Shure SM57 (close) plus the stone room
MXR Distortion+
distortion
Output
7
Distortion
6
MXR 10-Band Graphic EQ
eq
500 Hz
3
1 kHz
4
2 kHz
2
Gain
3
Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W (run through a Variac at ~90V)
preamp
Presence
5
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Volume I
8
Engineer's note
File 204
The outro solo that made Randy Rhoads' reputation, cut at Ridge Farm in the spring of 1980 with Max Norman engineering. The rig is a 1974 Les Paul Custom into a Marshall 1959 Super Lead run through a Variac at around 90 volts, with an MXR Distortion+ in front. The room matters as much as the amp: the cabinets lived in a stone chamber under the control room, and Rhoads played from the top of the steps into that natural reverb rather than a plate.
— Randy Rhoads
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