The Loner amp settings — Mooer hornet 30wt

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “The Loner”, dialed in for a Mooer hornet 30wt with a Squier Debut Telecaster. Studio version, Wild Frontier album (1987) — recorded direct via Scholz Rockman

Original rig

PRS Custom (sweet switch) or Jackson with EMG 81/85, Scholz Rockman direct to console, possibly Boss DS-1, Gallien-Krueger amp for some parts

Compressed, singing sustain with nasal midrange bite, smooth high-gain saturation with subtle chorus shimmer

Amp settings — Mooer hornet 30wt

CHANNELHigh Gain / Lead channelBRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Chorus (amp built-in or RECOMMENDED: Boss CE-5 / TC Electronic Corona)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for the shimmer on this track. A subtle chorus adds the Rockman's signature width. If your Mooer has built-in modulation, use it sparingly.

Rate 3 · Depth 4

Why these settings

The Mooer Hornet is a modeling amp with less midrange complexity than the Rockman's compressed direct tone. Push mids to 7 to compensate for the Telecaster's bright, scooped character vs Moore's hot EMG humbuckers. Roll the tone knob to 6 to tame the Tele's ice-pick highs and simulate the PRS sweet switch's nasal voicing. Gain at 8 approximates the Rockman's saturated-but-smooth compression.

PRO TIPMoore's sustain on this track came from his vibrato technique and the Rockman's heavy compression — dig in with slow, wide finger vibrato on held notes, and let the amp's compression do the work rather than picking harder. Playing closer to the neck pickup position while staying on the bridge pickup softens the attack.

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