No. 0181971·rock·3 blocks
Won't Get Fooled Again
Pete Townshend's windmill-strumming attack through a cranked Hiwatt is one of the most powerful rhythm guitar sounds in rock. On Won't Get Fooled Again, the SG's humbuckers hit the Hiwatt DR103 at full volume, producing a massive, ringing power chord tone with incredible clarity and sustain. The Hiwatt's enormous clean headroom means it stays articulate even when pushed hard, preventing the mush that a Marshall might produce at similar volumes.
Who's NextSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson SG Special
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
WhoWatt 100
4x12 Greenback 25
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Level
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-36dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
60s
Release
910s
Mix
74
Level
0dB
WhoWatt 100
← Hiwatt DR103
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
7
Presence
7
Master
1
Bias
0.5
BiasX
0.5
Sag
0.5
Hum
0.5
Ripple
0.5
Ch Vol
7.5
4x12 Greenback 25
← WEM 4x12 with Fane Crescendo speakers
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate (Olympic / Glyn Johns)
LowCut130Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
18
Decay
1.5s
Level
0
PreDelay
30ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.6
Damping
4500
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 018
Pete Townshend's windmill-strumming attack through a cranked Hiwatt is one of the most powerful rhythm guitar sounds in rock. On Won't Get Fooled Again, the SG's humbuckers hit the Hiwatt DR103 at full volume, producing a massive, ringing power chord tone with incredible clarity and sustain. The Hiwatt's enormous clean headroom means it stays articulate even when pushed hard, preventing the mush that a Marshall might produce at similar volumes.
— Pete Townshend
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