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 · 6 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard ('59 replica)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Wah (Vox-style, studio)
Marshall JCM800 2203 / JCM 2555SL Slash Signature
Marshall 1960BV 4x12 (Celestion Vintage 30)
Shure SM57
Ibanez Tube Screamer
overdrive
Drive
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Wah (Vox-style, studio)
wah
Marshall JCM800 2203 / JCM 2555SL Slash Signature
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
6
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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