No. 1811999·post-grunge·4 blocks
What If
The pummeling drop-D riff that opens Human Clay's heaviest cut. Mark Tremonti's rhythm sound on that album was a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier with an Ibanez Tube Screamer slammed into the front, tracked through a PRS Singlecut — the Recto's tight, aggressive gain plus the TS mid-hump is the whole Creed crunch. Drop D tuning gives the riff its low, chugging weight. The Cornford RK100 handled leads; the Triple Rec is the rhythm engine here.
Human ClaySignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
PRS Singlecut (stoptail)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop D
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
Mesa/Boogie 4x12 (Recto)
Shure SM57
Ibanez Tube Screamer
overdrive
Drive
2
Tone
6
Level
8
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
5
Engineer's note
File 181
The pummeling drop-D riff that opens Human Clay's heaviest cut. Mark Tremonti's rhythm sound on that album was a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier with an Ibanez Tube Screamer slammed into the front, tracked through a PRS Singlecut — the Recto's tight, aggressive gain plus the TS mid-hump is the whole Creed crunch. Drop D tuning gives the riff its low, chugging weight. The Cornford RK100 handled leads; the Triple Rec is the rhythm engine here.
— Mark Tremonti
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