No. 1662008·hard-rock·5 blocks
Second Chance
Shinedown's breakout radio anthem from 2008's The Sound of Madness. Zach Myers built it on a PRS Santana that he had converted into a semi-hollow -- the guitar he still brings out specifically for this song -- run into his longtime Diezel Herbert. The verses are chiming, clean arpeggios; the choruses and the soaring melodic lead push the amp into a smooth, vocal singing sustain. A polished, big-radio production with plate ambience holding it all together.
The Sound of MadnessSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
PRS Santana (semi-hollow conversion)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
Standard E (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Deluxe Comp
Minotaur
Das Benzin Lo
4x12 XXL V30
Simple Delay
Plate
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
12s
Release
200s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Minotaur
← Transparent boost (lead)
Gain
2.5
Tone
6
Level
7
Das Benzin Lo
← Diezel Herbert
Drive
4
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
6
Master
6
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 XXL V30
← Diezel 4x12 (V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Simple Delay
← Lead ambience delay
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Time
400ms
Feedback
18
Mix
14
Level
0
Plate
← Studio plate (big-radio ambience)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
22
Decay
2.2s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 166
Shinedown's breakout radio anthem from 2008's The Sound of Madness. Zach Myers built it on a PRS Santana that he had converted into a semi-hollow -- the guitar he still brings out specifically for this song -- run into his longtime Diezel Herbert. The verses are chiming, clean arpeggios; the choruses and the soaring melodic lead push the amp into a smooth, vocal singing sustain. A polished, big-radio production with plate ambience holding it all together.
— Zach Myers
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