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Still got the blues amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

The Gary moore guitar tone for “Still got the blues”, dialed in for a Fender Twin Reverb with a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Studio album version, Still Got the Blues (1990)

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 Twin Reverb
CHANNELVibrato Channel (Input 1)BRIGHToff
BASS 4 MID 8 TREBLE 4 REVERB 3 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Bass4
Mid8
Treble4
Reverb3
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Used as a mid-focused pre-boost to inject humbucker-like thickness into single coils

Drive 2 · Tone 4 · Level 8

02Boss OD-3 OverDrive

Primary high-sustain Marshall-in-a-box distortion source running into the clean Twin

Drive 7 · Tone 4 · Level 6

03Boss RV-6 Reverb

Set mode to Plate or Room for studio spatial depth

E.Level 4 · Tone 4 · Time 5 · Mode 1
Why these settings

The original recording derived all its saturation from a Marshall Guv'nor into a clean Marshall JTM45 using a '59 Les Paul. To replicate that massive midrange bark on a naturally scooped Fender Twin Reverb with single coils, stack the TS9 (for mid push) directly into the OD-3 (for main dirt), while keeping the Twin's Bright switch strictly off and Treble cut to 4. Rolling the Strat's neck tone knob to 6 is critical to emulate Gary Moore's warm, creamy 'woman tone' and tame single-coil sharpness.

PRO TIPDig in with a heavy pick angle and use wide, continuous wrist vibrato immediately upon hitting sustained notes—Gary Moore's singing sustain relies heavily on fret-hand vibrato keeping the string energized through the stacked drive stages.

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