Holy Forever amp settings — Boss GT-1
The CeCe Winans guitar tone for “Holy Forever”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a ESP Eclipse II. Live album version, More Than This (2024) — main dynamic worship lead and rhythm chime
AC30 Top Boost / Fender clean profile, transparent overdrive (Morning Glory / Klon style), dotted-eighth dual delay, shimmer / hall ambient reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 7 |
01OD/DS (T-SCREAM / Warm OD)
Used for the building choruses and bridge swells
02DELAY (TEMPO sync to 72 BPM / dotted 8th)
Set subdivision to dotted-eighth note (DLY Dotted 8th)
03REVERB (HALL)
Provides ambient wash behind rhythm arpeggios
The ESP Eclipse II humbuckers have noticeably higher output and low-mid heft than the traditional single-coils or Gretsch Filter'Trons commonly used in modern gospel-worship arrangements. Running the COMBO 2x12 amp block with gain dialed down to 4 keeps the core tone chiming and clean until you kick on the OD block. Setting the pickup selector to both pickups with the volume rolled slightly back to 9 softens the sharp humbucker attack for airy arpeggios. Clean verses: bypass the OD/DS block and let the delay carry the space.
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