Heaven amp settings — Mesa Boogie Mark V

The Bryan adams guitar tone for “Heaven”, dialed in for a Mesa Boogie Mark V with a Fender Telecaster Thinline. Studio version, Reckless (1984) — signature melodic guitar solo & fills

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Mesa Boogie Mark V

CHANNELChannel 3 (Mark IIC+ mode)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	4
Reverb	5
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Big Muff

Bypass for the main solo — Keith Scott's tone is classic Marshall/TS9 crunch, not heavy fuzz. If used, keep Sustain at 2 as a mild singing sustain boost into Channel 2 Crunch instead.

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 2

02Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low end and pushes upper mids into the amp

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 8

03Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (FX loop, set to ~380ms for studio ambience)

Time 5 · Feedback 3 · Level 4

Why these settings

The Mark V's Channel 3 in Mark IIC+ mode delivers the singing liquid sustain and focused midrange of Keith Scott's cranked Marshall without needing external drive. To compensate for the brighter, semi-hollow Telecaster Thinline bridge pickup vs Scott's heavy Strat, roll the guitar tone knob down to 8 and keep the amp's presence low at 4 to eliminate ice-pick highs. Keep the Big Muff bypassed as Scott's iconic solo relies on smooth Marshall tube saturation rather than heavy fuzz clipping.

PRO TIPPick firmly with the meat of the pick close to the bridge pickup, and roll the Tele's tone knob down to around 8 to round off the transient attack for that signature vocal, violin-like sustain on the high-register bends.

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