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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard ('59 replica)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Green Scream
Crunch
Room
Green Scream
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Drive
3
Bottom
5
Tone
6
Level
7
Crunch
← Marshall JCM800 2203 / JCM 2555SL
Gain
7
Volume
6
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Room
← Studio room ambience
Time
4ms
PreDelay
14ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
8
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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