Livin' On a Prayer amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT

The Bon Jovi guitar tone for “Livin' On a Prayer”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Epiphone Les Paul Studio. Studio version, Slippery When Wet (1986)

The Orange Crush 35RT is warmer and thicker in the low-mids than a JCM800, so bass is dropped to 4 (vs original's 6) to prevent mud. Mids pushed to 7 to capture that signature mid-forward bark. Treble backed off to 6 because the Orange dirty channel has less high-end fizz than a Marshall—you need the brightness. Without pedals, the amp's dirty channel handles all gain duties; the original used an OD-1 for solo boost which you cannot replicate here.

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