Heaven amp settings — Sonicace Pocket master

The Bryan Adams guitar tone for “Heaven”, dialed in for a Sonicace Pocket master with a Donner Dst 152. Studio version, Reckless (1984) — signature soaring intro and melodic guitar solo

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Sonicace Pocket master

CHANNELMarshall-style high-gain amp model (JCM800/Lead block) + 4x12 Greenback Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01TS-style Overdrive Block

Clean-boost push into the amp block to tighten the low end and add singing sustain

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Digital Delay Block

Set to roughly 380ms quarter-note delay to replicate Bob Clearmountain's studio mix ambience

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The Donner DST-152's bridge humbucker gives more immediate low-mid punch than Keith Scott's single-coil Strat, so rolling tone back to 8 rounds off excessive bite while keeping the Marshall crunch singing. On the Sonicake Pocket Master, run a JCM-style high-gain amp voice with mids pushed to 7 to recreate the signature British mid bark. Because this is a modeling unit, the onboard TS boost and delay blocks supply the exact sustain and spatial depth of the Power Station studio tracking without external gear.

PRO TIPDig in with a firm, deliberate pick attack right over the bridge pickup and let wide, slow finger vibrato handle the sustain on the iconic high bends—Keith Scott's vocal-like vibrato is what makes the solo soar.

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