Always amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

The Bon Jovi guitar tone for “Always”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender Player Plus Stratocaster. Studio version, Cross Road (1994)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 and Fender Tone-Master, Fender Richie Sambora Signature Stratocaster (HSS), Boss SD-1 for light drive, chorus and deep reverb for the clean sections, Klon Centaur boost for the emotional solo

Clean-focused ballad foundation with deep chorus and reverb, building to expressive mid-pushed lead with sustain and delay

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

CHANNELClean (no FAT switch)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Reverb	6
Master	4

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Blues Junior is a clean platform amp like Sambora's Fender Tone-Masters used on ballads. Original uses deep chorus and reverb with a clean foundation—your amp's built-in reverb handles the depth, but without a chorus pedal you lose the shimmering width. Mid pushed to 6 compensates for Fender's natural mid-scoop versus the JCM800 edge on the solo sections. Gain at 3 keeps it clean with slight bloom when you dig in.

PRO TIPFor the iconic solo's singing sustain, roll your tone knob down to 5-6 on the neck pickup, let notes bloom by picking lighter, and slightly increase gain to 5 when you hit the lead section—the Blues Junior's 6V6 compression will give you that vocal-like decay Sambora achieves with his Klon boost. A Boss CH-1 chorus pedal would complete this tone properly.

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