Heaven amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The Bryan Adams guitar tone for “Heaven”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai. Studio version, Reckless (1984) — main lead and iconic solo

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

CHANNELAMP model 5 (British High Gain / JCM800 style) + 4x12 Greenback IRBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank-G Overdrive Block (TS-Style Boost)

Used as a clean mid-boost into the Marshall amp model

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Tank-G Delay Block (Digital / Analog Delay)

Set to roughly 380ms quarter-note delay

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

03Tank-G Reverb Block (Plate/Hall)

Emulates Bob Clearmountain Power Station ambient plate

Decay 6 · Mix 5

Why these settings

The JEM7V's DiMarzio Evolution bridge humbucker has significantly higher output and bite than Keith Scott's single-coil Strat, so drive on the TS boost is pulled down to 3 and the guitar tone is dialed back to 9 to prevent harshness. Setting the Tank-G amp model to a British Marshall voice with pushed mids recreates the singing sustain of the Power Station recording. Ambient delay and plate reverb blocks provide the massive 80s arena space.

PRO TIPKeith Scott's vibrato on the sustained bends in this solo is wide, slow, and vocal—dig in with heavy finger vibrato at the peak of the bend and hold it steady rather than fluttering rapidly.

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