No. 1832007·post-grunge·6 blocks
Blackbird
The two-man solo Guitarist magazine voted the greatest guitar solo of all time in 2011. Myles Kennedy tracked the Blackbird solo on a PRS Modern Eagle he retired straight afterward, trading liquid lead lines with Mark Tremonti — Kennedy on a Mesa/Boogie Mark IV, Tremonti adding a Bogner Ecstasy for his leads over a Triple Rectifier rhythm. Singing, sustaining high-gain in Eb standard, lifted by a light phaser and a touch of delay. This is a lead voice, not a rhythm crunch: enough gain to hold notes forever, mids up so every bend cuts.
BlackbirdSignal path · input → output · 6 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
PRS Modern Eagle
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Eb standard
Lead
Booster
FX (Phaser)
Delay
Reverb
Lead
← Mesa/Boogie Mark IV
Gain
74
Volume
60
Bass
40
Middle
70
Treble
60
Presence
60
Master
60
Booster
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808)
Drive
30
Bottom
45
Tone
60
Level
70
FX (Phaser)
← Phaser (MXR-style)
Rate
30Hz
Depth
50
Level
80
Delay
← Analog delay (short slap)
Time
350ms
Feedback
15
EffectLevel
18
Reverb
← Lead ambience
Time
20ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
15
Engineer's note
File 183
The two-man solo Guitarist magazine voted the greatest guitar solo of all time in 2011. Myles Kennedy tracked the Blackbird solo on a PRS Modern Eagle he retired straight afterward, trading liquid lead lines with Mark Tremonti — Kennedy on a Mesa/Boogie Mark IV, Tremonti adding a Bogner Ecstasy for his leads over a Triple Rectifier rhythm. Singing, sustaining high-gain in Eb standard, lifted by a light phaser and a touch of delay. This is a lead voice, not a rhythm crunch: enough gain to hold notes forever, mids up so every bend cuts.
— Mark Tremonti
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