No. 0721983·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Holy Diver
The riff and singing solo that launched Dio's solo career. Vivian Campbell recorded Holy Diver at Sound City Studios in 1983 on a wine-red Gibson Les Paul Deluxe he'd refinished matte black — loaded with a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge — pushed by a Boss SD-1 into a stock, cranked Marshall JCM800. No rack, no scoop: just a hot Les Paul and a Marshall on the edge, which is why the leads sound so vocal. Standard tuning.
Holy DiverSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 1960 V30
Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-56dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
60s
Release
300s
Mix
35
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Boss SD-1 (boost)
Gain
2
Tone
5.5
Level
8.5
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Drive
6.5
Bass
5
Mid
6.2
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
6.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 1960 V30
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11000Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio plate (light)
LowCut180Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Mix
13
Decay
0.5s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 072
The riff and singing solo that launched Dio's solo career. Vivian Campbell recorded Holy Diver at Sound City Studios in 1983 on a wine-red Gibson Les Paul Deluxe he'd refinished matte black — loaded with a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge — pushed by a Boss SD-1 into a stock, cranked Marshall JCM800. No rack, no scoop: just a hot Les Paul and a Marshall on the edge, which is why the leads sound so vocal. Standard tuning.
— Vivian Campbell
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