Rig · Signal chain builder
Put your pedals in order and see what it costs you in power, noise and gain — live, as you drag.
02Pedal library
Every pedal carries its real current draw, so the meter bridge tells the truth. Tap a pedal to add it to the end of your chain, then drag it where it belongs.
03Tone recipes
Gear that gets you close to the record. Where the exact studio unit is a rare rack piece, we swap in a practical modern equivalent — not always the same serial number as the session. Load one to put the chain and amp on your board.
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The Edge / U2
Vox AC30
Two delays in series. First dotted-1/8, second dotted-1/4. Edge volume on the guitar does the dynamic work.
Jimi Hendrix
Marshall Plexi 100W
Wah first, then fuzz, then Uni-Vibe. Roll the guitar volume back for the clean swell — Fuzz Faces clean up when the input drops.
Jeff Buckley
Fender Vibroverb ('63 Reissue, clean channel)
Buckley's main electric was a 1983 Fender Telecaster — there's no credible evidence of a Strat in his core rig. Clean Vibroverb, no dirt: the halo around the chords is a tweaked Alesis Quadraverb rack preset, not a spring tank. Pick attack does the rest.
Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits
Fender Vibrolux Reverb
Strat in position 2 (neck + middle), volume back to 7. Fingerstyle — pick attack is the secret. Spring reverb only.
Kurt Cobain / Nirvana
Mesa Boogie Studio .22+ / Fender Twin (Nevermind)
DS-1 stomped on for the verses-to-chorus jump. The chorus pedal lives on the clean verses, not the dirt.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dumble (borrowed "Mother Dumble", the Texas Flood session amp)
13-gauge strings tuned half-step down. Pick HARD. The dirt is mostly the amp's output stage cranked, not a pedal — the Tube Screamer just tightens the front end. The phasing on the solo (a Roland Dimension D) was added at the mixing console, not stomped live.
Steve Vai
Carvin Legacy 3
Tube Screamer ALWAYS in front of the high-gain — it tightens the low end before the distortion has a chance to flub it.
Don Felder / Eagles
Fender Tweed Deluxe / Marshall combo
Two guitars, panned hard. Slight compression keeps the harmony notes glued together.
Chris Cornell / Soundgarden
Marshall JMP 50 / Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (blended)
Cornell wrote and played the guitar on this one himself, on a Gretsch Silver Jet. The warble on the intro and verses is a Fender Vibratone rotary cabinet, not a flanger pedal — no flange pedal is documented on this track. Memory Man handles the wash.
Slash / Guns N' Roses
Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555
Les Paul into the Silver Jubilee. Most of the sustain is the amp; the OD is just there to push the front end a hair harder.
04Analyze
Send your current chain to the AI: rebuild it at two budgets, or ask the Gear Oracle a question.
Rebuild
Your board is empty, so the AI starts from scratch.
05Keep practicing
