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Cliffs of Dover amp settings — Borne Strike G30

The Eric Johnson guitar tone for “Cliffs of Dover”, dialed in for a Borne Strike G30 with a Tagima Sixmart. Studio version, Ah Via Musicom (1990) — signature lead tone

Original rig

1969 Marshall Super Lead 100W (presence 0, treble 0, jumpered), 1954 Fender Stratocaster / 1963 Gibson ES-335, Chandler Tube Driver, Maestro EP-3 Echoplex

Smooth, violin-like lead with singing sustain, warm midrange compression, and rolled-off top end

Amp settings — Borne Strike G30

CHANNELCleanBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	2
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Yuer US Dream RF-04

Main gain source — roll Tone back to emulate the Tube Driver smoothness into the clean amp

Volume 6 · Dist 7 · Tone 3

02Analog / Tape Delay (e.g. Memory Toy or Flashback)

RECOMMENDED — not owned (set for ~320ms tape delay to match the EP-3 Echoplex space)

Time 4 · Repeat 3 · Mix 3

Why these settings

To recreate Eric Johnson's iconic 'violin tone' using the Borne Strike G30 and your Tagima Strat, the Yuer US Dream provides the thick primary saturation into the clean channel with amp gain kept low at 2. Johnson famously cut top-end drastically (treble and presence on 0 on his Marshall) and boosted mids, so the amp treble is dropped to 2 and the pedal's Tone knob is rolled back to 3. Rolling your Strat's bridge tone control down to around 6 rounds off the harsh attack for liquid sustain.

PRO TIPEric Johnson holds his pick at a slight forward angle and uses the rounded edge of a heavy jazz pick rather than the sharp point, which softens the initial transient and gives the note attack its signature cello-like bloom.

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