Heaven amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

The Bryan Adams guitar tone for “Heaven”, dialed in for a M-Vave Blackbox with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Reckless (1984) — main melodic solo and fill tone

Original rig

1976 Fender Stratocaster ('The Beast') into cranked Marshall Super Lead / JCM800, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Bob Clearmountain studio plate reverb and tape/analog delay

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

Amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

CHANNELMarshall JCM800 / Plexi amp model + 4x12 Greenback IRBRIGHToffBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01TS Overdrive Block

Tightens low-end and adds smooth singing sustain into the Marshall amp model

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Analog Delay Block

Set to roughly 380ms for wide arena lead repeats

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

03Plate Reverb Block

Emulates Bob Clearmountain's signature Power Station studio ambiance

Decay 6 · Tone 5 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The M-Vave Blackbox's Marshall JCM800 model paired with the TS drive block provides the foundational British crunch and vocal sustain Keith Scott used on the track. The Pacifica 112V bridge humbucker pushes slightly hotter than Scott's vintage Strat single coils, so the tone knob is rolled back to 9 to tame excessive high-end bite. Studio plate reverb and timed delay blocks recreate the lush Power Station mix environment.

PRO TIPUse a firm picking attack with wide, controlled vibrato on the sustained high notes, catching the pick edge slightly against the thumb for subtle pinch harmonic overtones.

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