No. 2531976·classic-rock·4 blocks

Crazy on You

After Nancy Wilson's acoustic intro, Roger Fisher's electric riff crashes in over the A-minor to F change. His own description of the Dreamboat Annie setup is short: 'Les Paul through a Fender Twin Reverb, LOUD,' with a Univibe on hand. That makes this a cranked clean amp breaking up, not a Marshall, and it is why the riff sounds bright and wide rather than thick. Howard Leese also played electric on this track, on a 1966 Telecaster.

Dreamboat Annie coverDreamboat Annie
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (Fisher recalls a '65 Goldtop)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Ubiquitous Vibe
US Double Nrm
2x12 Double C12N
Parametric
Spring
Deluxe Comp
← Console / tape compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-20dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
4dB
Attack
20ms
Release
120ms
Mix
25
Level
0dB
Ubiquitous Vibe
← Univibe
Modulation
Speed
2Hz
Intensity
6
Mix
100
Level
0
US Double Nrm
← Fender Twin Reverb, played loud
Amp
Drive
8
Bass
3.5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
6
BiasX
6
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Double C12N
← Twin Reverb onboard 2x12
Cab
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Resonance
5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Parametric
← Console EQ
EQ
LowFreq
150
LowGain
-1.5
HighFreq
3000
HighGain
1
Level
0
Spring
← Twin Reverb onboard spring
Reverb
LowCut150Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
12
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
0ms
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
  • Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
  • Quad Cortex 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Vibe, US Twin Nrm. 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, Uni-V, 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.

Helix DSP
56.3% of one chip — fits
Sources
4 cited, 1 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
Not yet rated — This recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
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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