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Parisienne Walkways amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Parisienne Walkways”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Back on the Streets (1979)

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul 'Greeny' → Mesa Boogie combo → 4x12 cabinet, EMT 140 plate reverb in mix

Warm, singing lead tone with controlled sustain, smooth high-end, and lush plate reverb ambience

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD1 (Overdrive 1)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The original used a high-fidelity Mesa Boogie as a clean-ish platform letting the Les Paul's humbuckers and Moore's fingers do the work. Your MG30CFX's OD1 channel provides a similar medium-gain foundation. Strat single coils are brighter and lower output than Greeny's PAFs, so mid is pushed to 7 to compensate for the Strat's natural scoop, treble dropped to 5 to avoid ice-pick, and bass reduced to 4 to prevent flub with single coils. Tone knob at 7 rolls off harsh highs to emulate the warmer humbucker response.

PRO TIPMoore's legendary sustain came from physical technique—dig into the string with your fretting finger, use wide, slow vibrato from the wrist, and let the note bloom by staying completely still after the initial attack. The sustain is earned, not dialed in.

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