No. 1921978·heavy-metal·3 blocks
Exciter
Exciter is widely cited as one of the first speed-metal songs, and its tone is built for velocity: Glenn Tipton's Gibson SG and K.K. Downing's Flying V machine-gun-picked through cranked, non-master Marshall Super Leads with a Rangemaster treble booster on the front. The sound is tight, bright and dry -- Chipping Norton tracking with no room wash to blur the fast double-picked attack.
Stained ClassSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson SG (Glenn Tipton)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Deranged Master
Hedgehog D9
Brit Plexi 100
4x12 Greenback 25
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
15s
Release
150s
Mix
50
Level
2dB
Deranged Master
← Dallas/Arbiter Rangemaster treble booster
Gain
7
Tone
7
Level
6
Hedgehog D9
← MXR Distortion+ (Tipton's chain)
Gain
5
Tone
5
Level
5
Brit Plexi 100
← Marshall Super Lead 100W (non-master-volume)
Drive
8
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
8
Presence
8
ChVol
7
Master
9
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
4
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut100Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Chipping Norton room (dry)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
8
Decay
1s
Level
0
PreDelay
10ms
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1200Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 192
Exciter is widely cited as one of the first speed-metal songs, and its tone is built for velocity: Glenn Tipton's Gibson SG and K.K. Downing's Flying V machine-gun-picked through cranked, non-master Marshall Super Leads with a Rangemaster treble booster on the front. The sound is tight, bright and dry -- Chipping Norton tracking with no room wash to blur the fast double-picked attack.
— Glenn Tipton
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