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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gretsch G6128T Duo Jet (1989)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (recorded sharp)
Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JMP' or 'Plexi'
Rotary Speaker
Room Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Sustain
3
Tone
5
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JMP' or 'Plexi'
← Marshall JMP 50W (cleanish)
Gain
3
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
5.5
Rotary Speaker
← Leslie Model 16, fast rotor
Rate
0.7Hz
Depth
0.8
Mix
0.9
Room Reverb
← Bad Animals room (interpretive)
Decay
0.4s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
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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