No. 1911976·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Victim of Changes
Victim of Changes is the twin-guitar cornerstone of Sad Wings of Destiny -- K.K. Downing's red Gibson Flying V and Glenn Tipton's SG Special traded through cranked, non-master-volume Marshall Super Leads with a Dallas Rangemaster treble booster searing the front end. There is no preamp gain here: everything comes from EL34 power tubes pushed flat out, bright and raw, the way British metal was built in 1975.
Sad Wings of DestinySignal path · input → output · 10 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Flying V (1967, red refinish -- K.K. Downing)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Deranged Master
Hedgehog D9
Script Mod Phase
Brit Plexi 100
4x12 Greenback 25
Transistor Tape
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
40
Level
2dB
Deranged Master
← Dallas Rangemaster treble booster
Gain
7
Tone
6
Level
6
Hedgehog D9
← MXR Distortion+ (Tipton's chain)
Gain
5
Tone
5
Level
5
Script Mod Phase
← MXR Phase 100 (subtle)
Speed
0.3Hz
Mix
40
Level
0
Brit Plexi 100
← Marshall Super Lead 100W (non-master-volume)
Drive
8
Bass
5
Mid
7
Treble
7
Presence
7
ChVol
7
Master
9
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Maestro Echoplex (Downing, live)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut5000Hz
Time
300ms
Feedback
10
Mix
10
Level
0
Dynamic Plate
← Rockfield room / plate
LowCut160Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
14
Decay
1.4s
Level
0
PreDelay
15ms
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 191
Victim of Changes is the twin-guitar cornerstone of Sad Wings of Destiny -- K.K. Downing's red Gibson Flying V and Glenn Tipton's SG Special traded through cranked, non-master-volume Marshall Super Leads with a Dallas Rangemaster treble booster searing the front end. There is no preamp gain here: everything comes from EL34 power tubes pushed flat out, bright and raw, the way British metal was built in 1975.
— K.K. Downing
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