Indie Rock2013Hozier
Take Me to Church Amp Settings
by Hozier
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Original Recording Settings
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Original Gear
- Guitar
- Eastwood Airline (engineer Rob Kirwan's personal guitar)
- Pickups
- Eastwood single-coil or mini-humbucker (model-dependent) (bridge or both for driven chorus; neck for cleaner verses)
- Amplifier
- Vox AC15 (hand-wired reissue)
- Channel
- Normal
- Tuning
- standard
- Pickup Selector
- bridge/both (chorus), neck (verses)
- Strings
- [ESTIMATED] 10-46 or 11-49
Mic'd with SM57 (Neve 1073 copy) + Sontronics Delta ribbon (API 3124+). Compressed with ADL 1000 and LA2A.
Amp Settings
Bass
5.0
Treble
5.0
Master Volume
5.0
Volume
6.0
Volume 6-7 at edge of breakup. AC15 has no mid knob. Master estimated at 5-6. Treble 5-6.
Effects Chain
→
Electro-Harmonix Memory Man
delay/overdrive
→
ProCo RAT
distortion
→
→Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer
reverb
1.Electro-Harmonix Memory Man — Analog delay with gain cranked — used as preamp/saturation source AND delay simultaneously.
2.ProCo RAT — Distortion for chorus sections.
3.Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer — External spring reverb placed AFTER the amp — adds washy, dark, vintage ambience.
Playing Technique
Pick-played. Arpeggiated picking on clean verses; aggressive strumming with RAT on choruses.
Sources+
- Sound on Sound March 2015 'Inside Track: Hozier Take Me To Church — Rob Kirwan' (PRIMARY)
- Equipboard
- Premier Guitar rig rundown (2019, live only)
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