Serious amp settings — Donner Arena 2000
The Duran Duran guitar tone for “Serious”, dialed in for a Donner Arena 2000 with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Liberty (1990)
Warren Cuccurullo rack rig (Soldano SLO-100 / ADA MP-1 preamps, Eventide H3000 pitch/chorus, TC 2290 delay) into clean/edge-of-breakup power amp, playing custom Strat-style guitars with single-coil/split voicings
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 7 |
01Compressor Block (Dynacomp style)
Even, percussive studio attack
02Chorus Block (Stereo Chorus)
Emulates Warren's Eventide micro-pitch/detune modulation
03Delay Block (Digital Delay)
Clean 16th/dotted-8th rhythmic repeat
The Jackson JS32 has high-output ceramic humbuckers compared to Warren Cuccurullo's glassy single-coil studio sound, so rolling guitar volume back to 8 and using the middle (or split/in-between) position prevents premature clipping. The Twin Clean model on the Arena 2000 supplies high-headroom pristine cleans that let the onboard compressor and lush chorus create the wide 1990 studio sheen. Amp presence is set to null because the Arena 2000 Twin amp block uses standard 3-band EQ.
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