One Day amp settings — Mooer hornet Mooer Hornet 30W

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “One Day”, dialed in for a Mooer hornet Mooer Hornet 30W with a Squier Debut Telecaster. Studio version, Still Got The Blues album (1990)

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (neck pickup) → Marshall Guv'nor distortion → 1989 Marshall JTM45 reissue prototype (set clean) → Marshall 1960B 4x12 with EV speakers

Thick, vocal sustain with heavy midrange, singing lead tone with controlled bass

Amp settings — Mooer hornet Mooer Hornet 30W

CHANNELOD channel (Overdrive/Crunch)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	3
Mid	9
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	1
Master	5

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PICKUPneck TONE5 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Moore's original tone came from a Guv'nor pedal into a clean JTM45 — you have no pedals, so I'm using the Hornet's OD channel as the gain source with mid cranked to 9 (matching his amp and pedal mid-boost). Your Telecaster's single coils are brighter and thinner than his '59 Les Paul humbuckers, so I dropped treble from 7 to 5 and raised gain slightly to compensate for lower output. Roll tone knob to 5 to approach his 'woman tone' neck humbucker warmth.

PRO TIPPlay with your thumb or the fleshy part of your pick near the neck pickup to soften the Tele's inherent brightness and get closer to Moore's round, vocal attack — he picked lightly for that singing sustain rather than digging in hard.

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