3's & 7's
Josh Homme's hard, mechanical riff from Era Vulgaris (2007) -- the record Homme described as 'construction-site' rock. Co-produced by Homme and Chris Goss (as The Fififf Teeners) and engineered by Alain Johannes at Cherokee, Steakhouse and Sound City. By this era the Maton BB1200 is Homme's main guitar, run into his Ampeg-leaning amps with an aggressive octave-fuzz bite over a tight, forward mid. Tuned down to C standard per band convention.
Era Vulgaris
What we checked
Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works
Preset files — 0 of 3 complete
- Helix 3 blocks missing from the file
Which ones
Not in the file: Octave Fuzz, US Double Brt, 4x12 Mash V30. The recipe calls for these blocks, but we have no verified model ID for them on this platform, so the preset is written without them. Add them by hand using the settings above.
- Quad Cortex 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Octave Fuzz, Brit 800, Room Reverb. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
- Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Crunch, Fuzz, Room. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
What we didn't check
- Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
- The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
- No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
- 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
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