Run to you amp settings — Headrush Flex

The Bryan Adams guitar tone for “Run to you”, dialed in for a Headrush Flex with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Main riff & rhythm, Reckless (1984) studio album cut

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (bridge single-coil) -> Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer -> Boss CE-3 Chorus -> Marshall JCM800 / Plexi style head

Arpeggiated crunchy British drive with distinct 80s analog chorus shimmer and sharp bridge-pickup bite

Amp settings — Headrush Flex

CHANNEL'800 JCM' amp block + '4x12 Classic 30W' Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01TS808 / Green Tube Drive Block

Used as a tight mid-boost in front of the amp model

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Chorus / Analog Chorus Block

Placed after amp/cab block in chain to replicate studio stereo chorus routing

Rate 4 · Depth 6 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The Headrush Flex's 800 JCM model paired with the Green Tube drive captures Keith Scott's signature mid-focused punch. Keeping the TS block's drive low with high level tightens the low-end of your Strat's bridge single coil without muddying the arpeggiated riff. The chorus block is dialed moderately to replicate the iconic Boss CE-3 shimmer without washing out the pick attack. Solo boost: tap on a +3dB lead EQ/gain block and dig in with a heavy pick.

PRO TIPPick firmly with a hard plectrum right next to the bridge saddles to get that precise, percussive chime on the eighth-note arpeggio pattern.

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