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Still Got the Blues amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Still Got the Blues”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster. Studio album cut, Still Got the Blues (1990) — signature lead tone

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Stripe') + Marshall JTM45 Reissue prototype + Marshall The Guv'nor overdrive + Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

Thick, singing, high-sustain blues-rock lead with boosted midrange and smooth top-end

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELVoice: British 60s (or Blackface Clean)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Treble	4
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Valeton GP-100: Preamp/Drive Block (The Guv'nor / Marshall Drive)

Main gain source providing Gary's thick Marshall-style saturation and sustain

Gain 7 · Tone 5 · Level 7

02Valeton GP-100: Chorus/Modulation Block (Dimension / Stereo Chorus)

Emulates the Roland Dimension D spatial thickening heard on the studio recording

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Level 5

03Valeton GP-100: Reverb Block (Hall Reverb)

Smooth studio hall ambiance

Decay 6 · Tone 4 · Level 4

Why these settings

The Champion 20 lacks a dedicated mid knob, so set the amp on a neutral clean voice with treble rolled back to compensate for the naturally scooped, bright Fender tone stack. The Valeton GP-100 acts as the entire gain and spatial engine, delivering The Guv'nor distortion curve and Dimension D chorus into the clean amp. Switching your Strat to the neck pickup with the tone rolled off to 7 rounds off single-coil/hot-rail snap to mimic Gary's legendary '59 Les Paul sustain.

PRO TIPGary Moore famously used the neck humbucker with the tone control rolled back to tame high frequencies while digging in with heavy vibrato directly over the fretwire to achieve endless, singing sustain.

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