No. 1722008·stoner-metal·4 blocks

Maiden, Mother & Crone

A driving, mid-tempo highlight from The Sword's 2008 second album Gods of the Earth -- tighter and more produced than the DIY debut but still pure Orange-fueled retro doom. J.D. Cronise and Kyle Shutt run Gibsons two whole steps down into a cranked Orange OR100 and a 4x12 of Vintage 30s, with an MXR Phase 90 sweeping the riff for that swirling '70s Sabbath/Priest motion. Self-produced in Austin, ~105 BPM in C.

Gods of the Earth coverGods of the Earth
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
1979 Gibson Explorer E2 / Gibson Les Paul Custom
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
C standard (C-F-A#-D#-G-C) -- 2 whole steps down
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Mandarin 80
4x12 Mandarin
Script Mod Phase
Room
Noise Gate
← High-output pickups, down-tuned hum control
Effect
Threshold
-60dB
Decay
40s
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
45ms
Release
200ms
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Mandarin 80
← Orange OR100
Amp
Drive
7
Bass
6
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
7
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Mandarin
← Orange 4x12 (V30)
Cab
LowCut95Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Resonance
0.4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Script Mod Phase
← MXR Phase 90
Modulation
Rate
4Hz
Depth
6
Mix
50
Level
0
Room
← Studio room ambience
Reverb
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
12
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
14ms
Level
0

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 1 block missing from the file
    Which ones

    Not in the file: 4x12 Mandarin. The recipe calls for this block, but we have no verified model ID for it on this platform, so the preset is written without it. Add it by hand using the settings above.

  • Quad Cortex 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Gate, Studio Comp, Brit 2203, 2x12 Orange V30, Room 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.

  • Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, FX, 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
51.4% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 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.
The mic in this chain

Shure SM57

The source doesn't name the mic — this is the standard choice for this sound, and what the chain above assumes.

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