No. 0801994·grunge·4 blocks
Black Hole Sun
The warbling, underwater verse of Superunknown's biggest single — and the surprise is who played it. Chris Cornell tracked the rhythm on a Gretsch Duo Jet through a real Leslie 16 rotary cabinet driven by a Marshall; Kim Thayil handled the leads. The off-kilter shimmer is the spinning rotor plus a tape-speed trick that nudged the whole song ~3/4 semitone sharp of drop D. The album's heavier tones blend a Marshall and a Mesa Dual Rectifier.
SuperunknownSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gretsch G6128T Duo Jet (1989)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (recorded sharp)
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Rotary
Room
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
80s
Release
600s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall JMP 50W (drives the Leslie)
Drive
4
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5.5
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 1960 4x12 (Greenback)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Rotary
← Leslie Model 16 (Vibratone), fast rotor
Rate
0.7Hz
Depth
0.8
Mix
90
Level
0
Room
← Bad Animals room (interpretive)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
14
Decay
0.4s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global voicing)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 080
The warbling, underwater verse of Superunknown's biggest single — and the surprise is who played it. Chris Cornell tracked the rhythm on a Gretsch Duo Jet through a real Leslie 16 rotary cabinet driven by a Marshall; Kim Thayil handled the leads. The off-kilter shimmer is the spinning rotor plus a tape-speed trick that nudged the whole song ~3/4 semitone sharp of drop D. The album's heavier tones blend a Marshall and a Mesa Dual Rectifier.
— Kim Thayil
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