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Still got the blues amp settings — Vox VT40X

The Gary moore guitar tone for “Still got the blues”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a Godin Session ht. Live, Montreux Jazz Festival 1990 (Iconic live tone)

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Stripe') + Marshall Guv'nor Mk I + Marshall JTM45 Reissue (clean platform)

Mid-heavy, sustaining, vocal British crunch

Amp settings — Vox VT40X

CHANNELBRIT 1959BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor

Direct in front of amp input; primary distortion source

Gain 7 · Bass 7 · Middle 10 · Treble 8 · Level 6

Why these settings

Moore pushed a clean Marshall JTM45 using the Guv'nor as the sole saturation engine, so the VT40X is set to the BRIT 1959 model with amp gain low (2) to prevent muddy double-gain stacking. The Godin Session HT neck single-coil is naturally brighter and thinner than Moore's PAF humbucker, so rolling guitar tone to 6 and maxing pedal mids restores that fat, singing sustain. The VT40X faceplate lacks a dedicated presence knob, so it is omitted.

PRO TIPDig in with a heavy pick angle over the neck pickup and roll the tone knob back to around 6 to nail the smooth 'woman tone' attack without high-end harshness.

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