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Can't Get Enough amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR

The Bad Company guitar tone for “Can't Get Enough”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL40CR with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Studio version, Bad Company debut album (1974)

Original rig

1957 Gibson Les Paul Standard with PAF humbuckers → Marshall JMP 50-watt (model 1987) into 4x12 with Greenbacks. No pedals—tone shaped entirely by pickup selection, volume knob, and cranked amp saturation.

Warm, thick British crunch with firm mids and harmonic richness—full but never muddy, with dynamic pick sensitivity

Amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR

CHANNELClassic Gain (Green)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Your DSL40CR's Classic Gain channel replicates the JMP preamp voice closely—both are EL34-driven Marshalls with similar midrange bark. The DSL runs slightly hotter than a vintage JMP, so gain at 6 delivers equivalent saturation to Ralphs' dimed 50-watt. Your Les Paul Modern's humbuckers are slightly hotter than vintage PAFs, but the voicing is close enough that no compensation is needed beyond rolling tone knob to 7 for warmth.

PRO TIPRalphs recorded this with the song in an unusual open C tuning (CCGCEC low to high)—the slack outer strings and tight inner strings create that distinctive ringing sustain you hear on the record. Standard tuning gets you 85% there, but that tuning is the secret sauce.

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