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Still got the blues amp settings — Yamaha THR30II

The Gary moore guitar tone for “Still got the blues”, dialed in for a Yamaha THR30II with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Still Got the Blues album (1990)

Original rig

1989 Marshall JTM45 reissue (clean), Marshall Guv'nor Mk I pedal, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (neck pickup, PAF humbuckers)

Thick, singing sustain with boosted mids, warm saturation from pedal into clean amp, vocal-like neck pickup tone

Amp settings — Yamaha THR30II

CHANNELBoutique (closest to clean JTM45 voicing)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	8
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01DS-01 (Distortion)

Guv'nor substitute — push mids via Tone knob, moderate distortion for singing sustain. Guitar direct into pedal, pedal into amp input.

Level 6 · Tone 7 · Dist 5

Why these settings

Original used a clean JTM45 with the Guv'nor pedal doing all the drive work — your THR30II Boutique channel replicates that clean-platform approach. Your Pacifica's Alnico V single-coil neck is brighter and lower-output than Moore's PAF humbuckers, so mid is pushed to 8 (vs original's 9) and treble dropped to 5 to compensate for the extra high-end. The DS-01 replaces the Guv'nor as your saturation source; keep amp gain at 2 to stay clean and let the pedal breathe.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar volume to 5-6 for the clean rhythm sections — Moore used this constantly to clean up mid-song without touching the amp. For solos, volume full and dig in with your pick near the neck for that fat, vocal sustain.

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