Midnight Blues amp settings — Line 6 HX Stomp
The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Midnight Blues”, dialed in for a Line 6 HX Stomp with a Fender American Ultra Stratocaster. Studio version, Still Got the Blues (1990) — main solo and expressive lead guitar
1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Greeny') into Marshall Guv'nor overdrive and Marshall JTM45 reissue through 4x12 cab with EV12 speakers
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01Ibanez TS Mini
In front of HX Stomp input — used as a mid-focused boost to push the amp model into singing sustain
02HX Stomp Dhyana Drive (or Compulsive Drive block)
Simulates Gary's Marshall Guv'nor pedal stage for thick harmonic distortion
03HX Stomp Simple Delay
Post-amp block set to ~380ms subtle studio slap/repeat
Gary recorded this with high-output PAF humbuckers on 'Greeny', so your Stratocaster single-coil neck pickup needs the tone rolled back to 7 to shave glassiness. To compensate for the Strat's thinner body and lower output, your TS Mini pushes the front end with Level high and Drive low, while the Brit J-45 model's mids are pushed to 8 to reproduce Gary's thick, singing vocal quality. The HX Stomp's internal drive block supplies the Marshall Guv'nor crunch directly into the edge-of-breakup JTM45 voice.
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