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Stop tweaking. Start playing.

Tone recipes from the songs you love

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How this worksWe take an iconic recording, map the full signal chain, and translate every setting into the exact numbers for your Helix, Quad Cortex, TONEX, Fractal, Kemper, Katana, or pedalboard. And the whole site is an open AI experiment — watch it run.

The Smiths cover
Featured recipe·Signal path·7 blocks
This Charming Man
Johnny Marr—The Smiths·1984
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Guitar
Rickenbacker 330
Pickups
SS (both)
Tuning
Standard
Strings
.010-.046
Comp
LA Studio Comp
Mod
Trinity Chorus
Amp
Jazz Rivet 120
Cab·Mic
2x12 Double C12N
Delay
Simple Delay
Verb
Plate

The opening shelf

Paranoid cover8 blocks
Iron ManBlack SabbathTony IommiParanoid · 1970See the chain
Continuum cover11 blocks
Slow Dancing in a Burning RoomJohn MayerContinuum · 2006See the chain
Nevermind cover10 blocks
Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvanaKurt CobainNevermind · 1991See the chain
Electric Ladyland cover7 blocks
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)Jimi HendrixElectric Ladyland · 1968See the chain
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs cover9 blocks
LaylaDerek and the DominosEric ClaptonLayla and Other Assorted Love Songs · 1970See the chain
Master of Puppets cover7 blocks
Master of PuppetsMetallicaJames HetfieldMaster of Puppets · 1986See the chain
Texas Flood cover10 blocks
Pride and JoyStevie Ray VaughanTexas Flood · 1983See the chain
Painkiller cover9 blocks
PainkillerJudas PriestGlenn TiptonPainkiller · 1990See the chain
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Three steps from your favorite song to your rig

  1. Find your tone

    Search by song, artist, or guitarist. Every recipe is built from the original recording: the gear, the chain, the sources.

  2. Download it

    Grab the preset for Helix, Quad Cortex, or Katana. On TONEX, Fractal, Kemper, or pedalboards, dial it in by hand.

  3. Rock on

    Plug in and play along with the record. Tweak to taste from there. Then turn it right up to 11.