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Telegraph Road amp settings — Boss GT-1

The Dire Straits guitar tone for “Telegraph Road”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Love Over Gold (1982) — iconic fingerstyle clean lead tone

Original rig

Schecter 'Dream Machine' Stratocaster (bridge+middle pickup combination), Mesa Boogie Mark IIB (Clean channel), Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer compressor, MXR Analog Delay

Glassy, compressed clean with shimmering highs, subtle warmth, pristine articulation — the signature Knopfler fingerstyle sparkle with spatial depth

Amp settings — Boss GT-1

CHANNELCLEAN TWIN amp model (Mesa Clean style)BRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01FX1 Block: Compressor (ORANGE SQ model)

Recreates the vintage Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer squash and snap on the attack

Sustain 6 · Attack 5 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02DELAY Block: Analog Delay

Subtle slap/ambient trail set to around 320ms

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · E.Level 3

03REVERB Block: Plate Reverb

Simulates studio plate space for wide stereo imaging

Time 5 · Tone 5 · E.Level 4

Why these settings

The Jackson JS22 humbuckers are darker and hotter than Knopfler's vintage Schecter single-coils, so the treble and presence are boosted to restore top-end glass while gain is held at 3. The GT-1's CLEAN TWIN model and Orange Squeezer compression block replicate the high-headroom Mesa Mark IIB punch and percussive pick snap. Rolling the guitar volume back slightly to 9 clears up any low-mid muddiness from the humbuckers.

PRO TIPPlay strictly with your bare fingers (thumb and index/middle) rather than a plectrum; snap the strings lightly against the fretboard on accents to trigger the compressor's signature percussive 'pop'.

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