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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (Goldtop '56 rhythm / Derrig '59 replica lead)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Eb Standard (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Crunch
Delay
Plate
Crunch
← Marshall JCM 2555SL Silver Jubilee
Gain
6
Volume
6
Bass
5
Middle
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
Delay
← Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Time
380ms
Feedback
2
EffectLevel
2
Plate
← Studio plate / Andy Wallace ambience
Time
6ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
9
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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