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Flying High Again Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne · 1980s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Jackson Concorde V (white, custom-made for Randy Rhoads)
Pickups
Seymour Duncan TB-4 JB (bridge humbucker, custom-wound for Rhoads)
Amp
Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100-watt head (early 1970s, metal front)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1981. Guitar is the Jackson Concorde V, not the Sandoval V or Les Paul. Amp is a Marshall 1959 Super Lead, boosted with MXR Distortion +. Effects include MXR Flanger and 10-Band EQ. Settings are for the studio rhythm/riff section of 'Flying High Again'.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass5.5
Gain7
Reverb1
Treble6.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- MXR Distortion + · distortion
- MXR M108 10-Band EQ · eq
- MXR M117R Flanger · flanger
Jackson Concorde V → MXR Distortion + → MXR 10-Band EQ → MXR Flanger → Marshall 1959 Super Lead (spring reverb low)
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Tone Character
- tight palm-muted chugs
- aggressive bridge pickup attack
- saturated but articulate rhythm tone
- classic heavy metal crunch
- percussive and defined low end
- singing sustain
- slightly scooped mids
- crisp high end
- Marshall mid-high crunch
- MXR Distortion + always on for rhythm