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Wicked Game amp settings — Line 6 Pod go

The Chris Isaak guitar tone for “Wicked Game”, dialed in for a Line 6 Pod go with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Heart Shaped World (1989)

Original rig

1962 Reissue Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup) → Roland SDE 3000 delay → Silverface Fender Twin Reverb with spring reverb; post-production TC 2290 + Eventide H3000 chorus

Warm, glassy clean with lush spring reverb, subtle slapback delay, and dreamy modulated ambience

Amp settings — Line 6 Pod go

CHANNELUS Deluxe Nrm (Fender Deluxe Reverb model) — closest to Silverface Twin clean voicingBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Volume Pedal (Pod Go built-in)

Assign to expression pedal for verse swells — roll off before picking, then sweep up to create the signature bloom

Position 10

02Simple Delay (Pod Go built-in)

Set delay time to ~200ms; subtle thickening layer, not obvious repeats

Time 3 · Feedback 2 · Mix 3

03Spring Reverb (Pod Go built-in — '63 Spring model)

Essential for the Twin Reverb character — lush but not washy

Decay 6 · Mix 5 · Predelay 2

04Chorus (Pod Go built-in — 70s Chorus model)

Replicates the H3000 stereo spread; keep subtle — adds width, not warble

Rate 2 · Depth 3 · Mix 3

Why these settings

Original used single-coil Strat neck pickup; your Les Paul humbuckers are warmer and higher output. Roll tone knob to 6 to tame upper mids and approximate the glassy Strat character. Treble stays neutral (5) because the humbucker already lacks the Strat's ice-pick highs. Gain set low (3) for pristine cleans — this tone has zero amp breakup.

PRO TIPThe magic is in the volume swells and touch dynamics. Pick closer to the neck for a rounder attack, let notes ring into the reverb tail, and use the expression pedal to fade notes in after picking — Wilsey's hands did more work than his gear.

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