No. 0851976·classic-rock·4 blocks
Life in the Fast Lane
Joe Walsh wrote and played the snaking main riff of Life in the Fast Lane on a 1950s Fender Stratocaster straight into a cranked tweed Fender Deluxe — bright, biting, just over the edge of breakup. Don Felder doubled the riff an octave up on his 1959 Les Paul through the same amp. No pedals: producer Bill Szymczyk had the players punching parts in live from the control room, the growl coming entirely from a small tweed combo pushed hard.
Hotel CaliforniaSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1950s)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Crunch
Boost
Reverb
Crunch
← Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3)
Gain
55
Volume
60
Bass
45
Middle
65
Treble
60
Presence
50
Master
60
Boost
← Optional push boost
Drive
20
Bottom
0
Tone
55
Level
65
Reverb
← Tracking room ambience
Time
9ms
PreDelay
18ms
Tone
50
EffectLevel
14
Engineer's note
File 085
Joe Walsh wrote and played the snaking main riff of Life in the Fast Lane on a 1950s Fender Stratocaster straight into a cranked tweed Fender Deluxe — bright, biting, just over the edge of breakup. Don Felder doubled the riff an octave up on his 1959 Les Paul through the same amp. No pedals: producer Bill Szymczyk had the players punching parts in live from the control room, the growl coming entirely from a small tweed combo pushed hard.
— Joe Walsh
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