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 · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard ('59 replica)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio Comp
Green Scream
Brit 2203
4x12 V30
Tilt EQ
Room Reverb
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Green Scream
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Drive
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit 2203
← Marshall JCM800 2203 / JCM 2555SL
Gain
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
7
4x12 V30
← Marshall 1960BV (Vintage 30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Level
0dB
Tilt EQ
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Room Reverb
← Studio room ambience
Decay
0.7s
Predelay
14ms
Mix
8
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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