Bed of roses amp settings — Vox VT40X

The Bon jovi guitar tone for “Bed of roses”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a PRS SE Custom 24. Studio version, Keep the Faith (1992) — Intro and verse clean arpeggios

Original rig

Fender Tone-Master, Vox AC30 blended with Fender Bassman, Fender Stratocaster HSS (DiMarzio PAF Pro), chorus, analog delay, studio plate reverb

Warm, spacious clean with lush chorus and deep reverb, intimate ballad tone with mid-focused clarity

Amp settings — Vox VT40X

CHANNELDELUXE CL (Blackface clean model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	6
Reverb	7
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Onboard Chorus (Modulation section)

Engage the onboard chorus block on the VT40X

Speed 4 · Depth 6

02Onboard Delay (Delay section)

Subtle analog-style repeat to widen the clean arpeggios

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

The VT40X uses the DELUXE CL voice to emulate the Fender clean foundation while pulling warm chime. Your PRS humbuckers are hotter than Richie's Strat, so the guitar volume is dialed back to 8 to avoid unwanted breakup. All owned drive pedals remain bypassed to keep the pristine clean platform intact. For the soaring solo: kick on the Boss SD-1 and switch to the bridge pickup.

PRO TIPUse your guitar's coil-split on the middle position if available, and pick with the fleshy side of the thumb and index finger on the intro arpeggios for the round, glassy attack heard on the record.

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