No. 1381998·nu-metal·4 blocks
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The down-tuned alt-metal grind that broke Godsmack's debut. Tony Rombola tracked the self-titled album with a borrowed Gibson Les Paul Studio — 'the one that worked best with my Mesas,' in his words — through his Mesa/Boogie rig at New Alliance Studios in Boston, produced by Sully Erna and Mudrock. Played in drop C (a drop-D shape tuned a whole step down), it's a thick, mid-forward rhythm with bluesy wah inflections over the chug.
GodsmackSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Studio (borrowed)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D)
Noise Gate
Mesa/Boogie Rectifier (Rombola's 'Mesas')
Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 4x12 (Celestion Vintage 30)
Shure SM57
Noise Gate
noise_gate
Threshold
5dB
Decay
3s
Mesa/Boogie Rectifier (Rombola's 'Mesas')
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
6
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
6
Engineer's note
File 138
The down-tuned alt-metal grind that broke Godsmack's debut. Tony Rombola tracked the self-titled album with a borrowed Gibson Les Paul Studio — 'the one that worked best with my Mesas,' in his words — through his Mesa/Boogie rig at New Alliance Studios in Boston, produced by Sully Erna and Mudrock. Played in drop C (a drop-D shape tuned a whole step down), it's a thick, mid-forward rhythm with bluesy wah inflections over the chug.
— Tony Rombola
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