No. 1562004·hard-rock·5 blocks
Fall to Pieces
Slash's most emotive ballad lead, from Velvet Revolver's 2004 debut Contraband. Tracked with Josh Abraham at Pulse/NRG and mixed by Andy Wallace, the tone is pure Slash: a Les Paul (a '56 Goldtop for the rhythm, his Derrig '59 replica for the solo) into a Marshall 2555SL Silver Jubilee through a 1960BV cab with V30s. Tuned a half-step to Eb, with an MXR 10-band lifting the solo. Singing sustain over a clean-then-crunch arrangement.
ContrabandSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (Goldtop '56 rhythm / Derrig '59 replica lead)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Eb Standard (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Deluxe Comp
Brit J-45
4x12 XXL V30
Simple Delay
Plate
10-Band Graphic EQ
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
30s
Release
200s
Mix
40
Level
0dB
Brit J-45
← Marshall JCM 2555SL Silver Jubilee
Drive
6
Bass
5
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
5
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 XXL V30
← Marshall 1960BV (Celestion V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Resonance
0.4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Simple Delay
← Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
LowCut200Hz
HighCut5500Hz
Time
380ms
Feedback
8
Mix
10
Level
0
Plate
← Studio plate / Andy Wallace ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
16
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
10-Band Graphic EQ
← MXR 10-Band Graphic EQ
Bands
3
Level
2
Engineer's note
File 156
Slash's most emotive ballad lead, from Velvet Revolver's 2004 debut Contraband. Tracked with Josh Abraham at Pulse/NRG and mixed by Andy Wallace, the tone is pure Slash: a Les Paul (a '56 Goldtop for the rhythm, his Derrig '59 replica for the solo) into a Marshall 2555SL Silver Jubilee through a 1960BV cab with V30s. Tuned a half-step to Eb, with an MXR 10-band lifting the solo. Singing sustain over a clean-then-crunch arrangement.
— Slash
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