No. 1802006·sludge-metal·4 blocks
Colony of Birchmen
The chiming, harmonized main riff from Mastodon's Blood Mountain single. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds track dual guitars in D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) — a whole step below concert — for the thick, ringing weight the riff hangs on. Kelliher's confirmed Blood Mountain amp was a Laney VH100R (later auctioned) driving an Orange 4x12, with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end; Hinds layers a Marshall JMP / Diezel side for width. Recorded by Matt Bayles at Studio Litho. The Marshall JCM800 Kerry King and Friedman signature heads came later — not this record.
Blood MountainSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
D standard
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2203
4x12 Cali V30
Room
Tilt
Noise Gate
← FRFR gate (tightness)
Threshold
-50dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Studio tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
4dB
Attack
60s
Release
300s
Mix
40
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Gain
2
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit 2203
← Laney VH100R (British high-gain)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
5
Master
7
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Orange PPC412 (Celestion V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
10
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 180
The chiming, harmonized main riff from Mastodon's Blood Mountain single. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds track dual guitars in D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) — a whole step below concert — for the thick, ringing weight the riff hangs on. Kelliher's confirmed Blood Mountain amp was a Laney VH100R (later auctioned) driving an Orange 4x12, with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end; Hinds layers a Marshall JMP / Diezel side for width. Recorded by Matt Bayles at Studio Litho. The Marshall JCM800 Kerry King and Friedman signature heads came later — not this record.
— Bill Kelliher
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