No. 1031997·alternative-metal·6 blocks

My Own Summer (Shove It)

The dark, swinging anchor riff of Around the Fur. Stephen Carpenter played it on a custom ESP Horizon — a 6-string, not a 7-string, loaded with Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers (this is pre-EMG Carpenter) — tuned to Drop C#. The core grind is an ADA MP-1 rack preamp into a Marshall 9200 power amp, with a Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz adding the gritty upper-octave bite. Producer Terry Date kept it dry and percussive so the detuned chug stays articulate. Drop C#: C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#.

Around the Fur coverAround the Fur
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
ESP Horizon Custom (6-string)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_c_sharp
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Octave Fuzz
Brit 2203
4x12 Greenback 25
Hall
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Rack noise gate (FRFR essential)
Cab
Threshold
-52dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Tracking compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
30ms
Release
200ms
Mix
40
Level
0dB
Octave Fuzz
← Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
Distortion
Gain
6
Tone
6
Level
5
Brit 2203
← ADA MP-1 → Marshall 9200
Amp
Drive
8
Bass
7
Mid
4
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
5.5
Master
8
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
Cab
LowCut95Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Hall
← Rocktron Intellifex
Reverb
LowCut250Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
14
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
25ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
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: Octave Fuzz. 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 7 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Noise Gate, Studio Comp, Octave Fuzz, Brit 2203, 4x12 Greenback, Hall Reverb, Tilt EQ. 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 1 block missing from the file; 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Reverb. 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.

    Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, Noise Gate, Booster, 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
56.9% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 cited, 2 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
Not yet ratedThis 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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