No. 1482004·hard-rock·5 blocks
Slither
Slash's swaggering, Drop D main riff from Velvet Revolver's 2004 debut Contraband — a Les Paul into cranked Marshall. Producer Josh Abraham cut the band mostly live at NRG and Pulse (engineer Ryan Williams, mixed by Andy Wallace), tracking guitars through SM57s. The distortion is Slash's signature Marshall stack — a Frank-Levi-modded JCM800 2203 and his JCM 2555SL Silver Jubilee signature — with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end. Confirmed Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E), not Eb.
ContrabandSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard ('59 replica)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 Cali V30
Room
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Drive
3
Gain
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 2203 / JCM 2555SL
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
7
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
4
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Marshall 1960BV (Vintage 30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio room ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
8
Decay
0.7s
Predelay
14ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 148
Slash's swaggering, Drop D main riff from Velvet Revolver's 2004 debut Contraband — a Les Paul into cranked Marshall. Producer Josh Abraham cut the band mostly live at NRG and Pulse (engineer Ryan Williams, mixed by Andy Wallace), tracking guitars through SM57s. The distortion is Slash's signature Marshall stack — a Frank-Levi-modded JCM800 2203 and his JCM 2555SL Silver Jubilee signature — with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end. Confirmed Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E), not Eb.
— Slash
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