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 · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (Goldtop '56 rhythm / Derrig '59 replica lead)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Eb Standard (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Studio Comp
Brit 2203
4x12 V30
Digital Delay
Plate Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
30s
Release
200s
Mix
40
Level
0dB
Brit 2203
← Marshall JCM 2555SL Silver Jubilee
Gain
6
Bass
5
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
5
Sag
5
4x12 V30
← Marshall 1960BV (Celestion V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Time
380ms
Feedback
8
Mix
10
Level
0
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate / Andy Wallace ambience
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
16
Level
0
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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