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Still Got the Blues amp settings — Line 6 POD HD500X

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Still Got the Blues”, dialed in for a Line 6 POD HD500X with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Still Got the Blues (1990)

Original rig

1989 Marshall JTM45 reissue prototype (clean setting) + Marshall Guv'nor Mk1 pedal (main distortion source) + 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (neck pickup, tone rolled to 6) + Roland SDD-320 Dimension D chorus

Thick, singing mid-forward sustain with warm compression and subtle stereo chorus — the Guv'nor pedal provides all the saturation into a clean amp foundation

Amp settings — Line 6 POD HD500X

CHANNELBrit J-45 Nrm (based on JTM45 — closest match to Moore's clean amp foundation)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Screamer (HD500X model — TS-style, used as Guv'nor substitute for mid-forward saturation)

This is the primary gain source — amp stays clean. Guv'nor was a JCM800-in-a-box; the Screamer model with cranked mids gets you closest on the HD500X

Drive 7 · Bass 6 · Treble 7 · Output 6

02Dimension (HD500X model — chorus set for subtle stereo width, no pitch wobble)

Moore used Roland Dimension D on mode 4 — very subtle, no audible warble, just stereo thickening. Keep mix low

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Mix 3

Why these settings

Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Moore's PAF-loaded Les Paul. Compensated by cutting treble -1 from original, pushing bass +1, and cranking the Screamer's mids. Roll your tone knob to 6 as Moore did — this is critical for the 'woman tone' smoothness. The HD500X Brit J-45 model replicates his clean JTM45 foundation; all saturation comes from the drive block, not the amp.

PRO TIPMoore controlled dynamics entirely from his guitar volume knob — at 10 for solos, rolled to 5-6 for the clean rhythm verses. Practice this live transition instead of switching patches; it's how he got that seamless clean-to-singing shift mid-song.

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