No. 2181984·metal·4 blocks

Tooth and Nail

The tone everybody assumes is a hot-rodded Marshall, and by Lynch's own account it is not one. He has said he used Randall RG100ES heads for the entire Tooth and Nail record and tour -- solid-state amps, in 1984, on one of the definitive tube-metal albums of the decade. Once you know that, the tightness of the palm mutes stops being a mystery and starts being a design choice.

Tooth and Nail coverTooth and Nail
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Charvel super-strat (maple body and neck, ebony board)
Pickups
H
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
LA Studio Comp
Scream 808
Solo Lead OD
4x12 1960 T75
Simple Delay
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Gain-structure housekeeping
Cab
Threshold
-58dB
Decay
30s
LA Studio Comp
← Cherokee console compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-20dB
Ratio
4:1
Knee
3dB
Attack
25ms
Release
250ms
Mix
45
Level
1dB
Scream 808
← Tube Screamer-style front-end boost
Distortion
Drive
2
Tone
6
Level
8
Solo Lead OD
← Randall RG100ES (100W solid-state)
Amp
Drive
8
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
6
Master
6
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
0
Hum
0
Ripple
0
4x12 1960 T75
← Randall 4x12 (65W Celestions)
Cab
LowCut105Hz
HighCut6600Hz
Resonance
4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Simple Delay
← Cherokee outboard delay
Delay
LowCut320Hz
HighCut4200Hz
Time
290ms
Feedback
12
Mix
9
Level
0
Dynamic Plate
← Cherokee Studios plate
Dynamics
LowCut240Hz
HighCut6800Hz
Mix
16
Decay
1.5s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
EQ
Tilt
4.6
CenterFreq
1100Hz
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 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Gate, Tube Comp, Green Scream, Solo 100 Lead, 4x12 1960 T75. 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: Plate. 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, Booster, Delay, Plate. 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
60.3% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 cited, 1 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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