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 · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1950s)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'Tweed Deluxe' or '5E3'
Spring Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
2.5
Attack
0.1s
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Tweed Deluxe' or '5E3'
← Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3)
Gain
6
Bass
4.5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Spring Reverb
← Tracking room ambience
Decay
0.9s
Predelay
18ms
Mix
0.1
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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