No. 1772009·sludge-metal·4 blocks
Oblivion
The melodic opener of Crack the Skye — Mastodon's proggiest, most spacious record, tracked live as a four-piece by Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks, Atlanta. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds ran vintage Marshall JCM800 and JMP heads with a Fender Twin Reverb for cleans (no Diezel — that's their later touring rig), boosted by Ibanez Tube King and TS-9 overdrives into Silverburst Gibsons. Warmer and more open than Blood Mountain, with O'Brien's 'let it breathe' room sound.
Crack the SkyeSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst (Kelliher) / Flying V (Hinds)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Standard / Drop D (album sits in standard-to-drop-D range; exact 'Oblivion' tuning not primary-documented)
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 Greenback 25
Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Input noise gate
Threshold
-56dB
Decay
0.4s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
50s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Ibanez Tube King / TS-9
Gain
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 / JMP
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
8
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 1960B 4x12 (20W Greenback)
LowCut85Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio room / O'Brien space
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
12
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
18ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 177
The melodic opener of Crack the Skye — Mastodon's proggiest, most spacious record, tracked live as a four-piece by Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks, Atlanta. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds ran vintage Marshall JCM800 and JMP heads with a Fender Twin Reverb for cleans (no Diezel — that's their later touring rig), boosted by Ibanez Tube King and TS-9 overdrives into Silverburst Gibsons. Warmer and more open than Blood Mountain, with O'Brien's 'let it breathe' room sound.
— Bill Kelliher
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