GuitarCleanSolo
Help On the Way / Slipknot! Guitar Tone Settings — Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1973 Doug Irwin 'Wolf' custom guitar
Pickups
DiMarzio Super II humbucker (bridge), DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil (middle), DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil (neck)
Amp
Fender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 1960s/early 1970s)
Pickup Position
Middle pickup (DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil), sometimes blended with neck
Studio recording, 1975, Blues for Allah sessions. Jerry Garcia's 'Wolf' guitar was used for the studio recording, with the Fender Twin Reverb as the primary amp. No evidence of distortion or heavy gain for the clean solo section. Effects are based on period-correct gear and audible cues.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain0
Reverb4
Treble7
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Musitronics Mu-Tron III Envelope Filter · modulation
Guitar → Mu-Tron III Envelope Filter → Fender Twin Reverb (with spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- crisp and glassy
- articulate note separation
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- bright but not harsh
- percussive attack
- funky envelope-filtered phrasing
- studio-polished clean
- complex chords ring clearly
- modulation shimmer
- no audible overdrive