Heaven amp settings — Digitech RP50

The Bryan Adams guitar tone for “Heaven”, dialed in for a Digitech RP50 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Reckless (1984), recorded at Power Station NYC

Original rig

1976 Fender Stratocaster ('The Beast') into cranked vintage Marshall Super Lead / JCM800, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, studio plate/hall reverb & analog delay mixed by Bob Clearmountain

Sustaining, melodic 80s arena rock lead tone with smooth upper-mid push and ambient studio reverb/delay

Amp settings — Digitech RP50

CHANNELBritish Stack / Crunch (b5 or c5) with 4x12 cab model enabledBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	6
Master	8

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01RP50 Compressor / Sustainer

Engage onboard Comp block (C3-C5) for singing lead sustain without harsh breakup

Sustain 6

02RP50 Analog Delay Block

Set delay time around 380-420ms for lush Power Station studio lead depth

Time (ms) 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix / Level 4

03RP50 Hall / Studio Reverb Block

Replicates the classic Lexicon 224 studio ambience dialed by Bob Clearmountain

Decay 6 · Level 5

Why these settings

The RP50's digital Marshall stack emulation (b5) delivers the core crunch and midrange bite of Keith Scott's Super Lead rig. Rolling the Strat tone knob back slightly to 8 tames the modern V-Mod bridge pickup bite to match the warmer response of vintage 1970s single coils. The onboard delay and reverb blocks provide the massive 1980s studio space originally printed at the mixing desk.

PRO TIPPick with firm, digging attack right near the bridge for the solo entry, then ease up and apply wide, vocal-style finger vibrato on sustained whole notes to let the digital compressor bloom.

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