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December 27th, 2009

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What effects are used on the lead guitar in bible black by heaven and hell?

I know that there is an acoustic guitar playing, but 13 seconds into the song an electric guitar comes in. On my line 6 spider jam amp there are 6 models, clean, twang, blues, crunch, metal and insane. (insane is basically metal with a lot of distortion). I need to know what model is used and also if reverb, delay or anything like that is used as well

I listened to the track, and from what I can pick out are several parallel effects going on.

Knowing what I know about your amp, you probably want to use the Metal Model. Do not scoop out the mids. Use about the same about of lows and mids, and back your highs off a bit.

Effects wise – it’s predominately delay and reverb. The delay is probably around 200mS with 1 repeat. There’s also a light chorus effect going separately from the delay, but you’re not going to be able to do that on your amp.

You didn’t say what kind of guitar you’re using, and that’s going to play a huge part in the sound as well. A Strat style guitar isn’t going to get this sound, you’ll need a guitar with humbuckers, and use the neck pickup.

Good luck.

Greetings from Austin, TX

Ken