Tears In Heaven amp settings — Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H
The Eric Clapton guitar tone for “Tears In Heaven”, dialed in for a Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio recording, Rush soundtrack / Single release (1991)
1977 Juan Alvarez classical nylon-string acoustic guitar recorded via studio condenser microphones (live version: 1992 MTV Unplugged with the same classical guitar)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Presence | 3 |
| Master | 3 |
01Acoustic Simulator / Hall Reverb
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds acoustic resonance and room space
Because the original track was recorded on a nylon-string classical guitar, your Plexi-style SV20H must be run strictly clean through the lower-gain Normal channel input to avoid British midrange breakup. Rolling the Strat's tone knob down to 7 and using the neck+middle (position 4) out-of-phase setting softens electric single-coil bite to better emulate the warmth and round transient response of classical nylon strings. The SV20H does not have built-in reverb, so the amp EQ is dialed mellow to prevent harsh finger-picking transients.
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