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Wonderful tonight amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40

The Eric Clapton guitar tone for “Wonderful tonight”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 40 with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Studio version, Slowhand (1977)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Vintage Noiseless pickups, active mid-boost) → Fender Twin Reverb (clean channel)

Warm, clean, and smooth with subtle midrange presence and gentle compression — intimate ballad tone with no aggressive bite

Amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40

CHANNELClean (Fender Twin model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Why these settings

Your Les Paul's humbuckers are significantly warmer and have higher output than Clapton's single-coil Strat. I dropped treble from the typical 6 to 4, raised bass from 5 to 6 to compensate for the humbucker's reduced sparkle, and rolled your tone knob to 7 to tame the neck pickup's darkness. Volume at 8 cleans up the attack slightly, mimicking Clapton's dynamic touch.

PRO TIPPlay with your fingers or a very light pick attack near the end of the fretboard — Clapton's tone on this track breathes from his touch, not his settings. Let notes ring and decay naturally; resist the urge to add vibrato on sustained notes.

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