Fall to Pieces
Slash's most emotive ballad lead, from Velvet Revolver's 2004 debut Contraband. Tracked with Josh Abraham at Pulse/NRG and mixed by Andy Wallace, the tone is pure Slash: a Les Paul (a '56 Goldtop for the rhythm, his Derrig '59 replica for the solo) into a Marshall 2555SL Silver Jubilee through a 1960BV cab with V30s. Tuned a half-step to Eb, with an MXR 10-band lifting the solo. Singing sustain over a clean-then-crunch arrangement.
Contraband
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 2 blocks missing from the file
Which ones
Not in the file: Brit J-45, 10-Band Graphic EQ. 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 2 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Brit 2203. 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, Delay, Plate. 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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