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 · 7 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
PRS Modern Eagle
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Eb standard
Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808)
Phaser (MXR-style)
Mesa/Boogie Mark IV
Mesa/Boogie 4x12 (V30)
Analog Delay (short slap)
Shure SM57
Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808)
overdrive
Drive
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Phaser (MXR-style)
phaser
Rate
3Hz
Depth
5
Mesa/Boogie Mark IV
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
4
Middle
7
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
5
Analog Delay (short slap)
delay · FX loop
Time
350ms
Feedback
15
Mix
18
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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