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 · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
PRS Modern Eagle
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Eb standard
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Cali IV Lead
4x12 Cali V30
Script Mod Phase
Simple Delay
Hall
Deluxe Comp
← Studio tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
4:1
Knee
4dB
Attack
40s
Release
250s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808)
Gain
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Cali IV Lead
← Mesa/Boogie Mark IV
Drive
7
Bass
4
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
5
Master
6
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Mesa/Boogie 4x12 (V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut10000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Script Mod Phase
← Phaser (MXR-style)
Rate
3Hz
Depth
5
Mix
40
Level
0
Simple Delay
← Analog delay (short slap)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Time
350ms
Feedback
15
Mix
18
Level
0
Hall
← Lead ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
15
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
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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