Hotel California amp settings — M-Vave Tank G V2
The Don henley guitar tone for “Hotel California”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G V2 with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster. Studio version, Hotel California (1976) — signature solo section (Don Felder opening lead / harmony)
1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard into a cranked 1950s narrow-panel Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3) with subtle tape delay and studio plate reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 6 |
01M-Vave Tank G DLY (Tape Delay block)
Set to a subtle warm slap/quarter-note echo mimicking the studio Echoplex
02M-Vave Tank G MOD (Chorus block)
Optional subtle modulation block for wide stereo doubling effect
Felder cut the opening solo on a thick-sounding '59 Burst humbucker through a saturated Tweed Deluxe. To emulate that round humbucker body on your bright Squier Strat single coils, roll the guitar tone knob down to 7 and use the neck+middle position while bumping midrange to 7 on the Tank G's Tweed model. Joe Walsh solo switch: select bridge pickup, tone wide open at 10, and engage subtle phaser.
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