No. 2101988·heavy-metal·5 blocks

Miracle Man

The first song Wylde wrote as Ozzy's guitarist, written on the 1981 Les Paul Custom he calls the Grail -- at that point still cream, because the bullseye came later, after he realised a cream Custom made him look like he was trying to be Randy Rhoads. EMG actives into a cranked JCM800 is a deliberately unforgiving combination: it is why the pinch harmonics scream on demand, and why the riff needs a gate rather than politeness.

No Rest for the Wicked coverNo Rest for the Wicked
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1981, 'the Grail')
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 Blackback 30
70s Chorus
Simple Delay
Room
Noise Gate
← Gain-structure housekeeping
Cab
Threshold
-54dB
Decay
14s
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-22dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
3dB
Attack
10ms
Release
110ms
Mix
25
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Distortion
Drive
2
Gain
2
Tone
5.5
Level
8
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 2203
Amp
Drive
8
Bass
4
Mid
5
Treble
7
Presence
7
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
6
Sag
3
Hum
3
Ripple
3
4x12 Blackback 30
← Marshall 4x12
Cab
LowCut85Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Resonance
5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
70s Chorus
← Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
Modulation
Rate
0.6Hz
Depth
25
Mix
25
Level
0
Simple Delay
← Studio slap
Delay
LowCut300Hz
HighCut3600Hz
Time
210ms
Feedback
5
Mix
6
Level
0
Room
← Studio ambience
Reverb
LowCut220Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
9
Decay
0.7s
Predelay
12ms
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 7 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Gate, Studio Comp, Green Scream, Brit 2203, 4x12 Blackback, Chorus, 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 2 blocks missing from the file; 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Delay, Reverb. 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.

    Replaced with a stand-in: Brown, Booster, FX, Delay, 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
52.3% 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.
The mic in this chain

Shure SM57

Still made, still the studio default. The cheapest part of this chain to get right.

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