No. 1791999·post-grunge·4 blocks
Higher
The breakthrough Human Clay single — a mid-tempo Drop-D anthem built on a droning open low D under Mark Tremonti's chiming riff. Tremonti has confirmed Human Clay was tracked with Gibson Les Pauls, not PRS, and recalled the amp 'might have been the Hughes & Kettner Attax 100,' unsure whether Rectifiers were in yet; clean and modulated tones came from a TC Electronic rack. Produced by John Kurzweg in Tallahassee and mixed on an SSL 9000 — smoother and more atmospheric than the heavier My Own Prison.
Signal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (1986 red + goldtop)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Hughes & Kettner Attax 100 (Tremonti's recollection)
4x12 (Celestion Vintage 30)
TC Electronic rack (reverb / chorus)
Shure SM57
Hughes & Kettner Attax 100 (Tremonti's recollection)
preamp
Gain
6.5
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
6
TC Electronic rack (reverb / chorus)
reverb · FX loop
Mix
18
Decay
1.8s
Engineer's note
File 179
The breakthrough Human Clay single — a mid-tempo Drop-D anthem built on a droning open low D under Mark Tremonti's chiming riff. Tremonti has confirmed Human Clay was tracked with Gibson Les Pauls, not PRS, and recalled the amp 'might have been the Hughes & Kettner Attax 100,' unsure whether Rectifiers were in yet; clean and modulated tones came from a TC Electronic rack. Produced by John Kurzweg in Tallahassee and mixed on an SSL 9000 — smoother and more atmospheric than the heavier My Own Prison.
— Mark Tremonti
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