The loner amp settings — Orange Crush 20RT

The Gary moore guitar tone for “The loner”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20RT with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Wild Frontier (1987) — main lead tone

Original rig

1984 PRS Custom / Charvel San Dimas (EMG pickups), Boss DS-1, Marshall JMP/JTM45, Roland SDE-3000 digital delay, studio plate reverb

Searing, highly saturated 80s singing lead tone with extreme sustain and subtle nasal midrange

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20RT

CHANNELDirty

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	5
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with the pedal, switch amp to Clean channel, gain to 2, and use pedal for primary saturation

Tone 4 · Level 7 · Dist 7

02Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; set around 380-420ms for signature 80s singing trail

E.Level 5 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 6

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20RT lacks a physical presence control, so presence is nulled, and its naturally dark, fuzzy Dirty channel needs gain pushed high to match the sustained Marshall-plus-DS-1 cascade. Treble is dialed to 6 to tame solid-state fizz while mids are raised to 7 to recreate the singing vocal honk of Gary's EMG-equipped rig. Rolling the guitar tone control down to 8 rounds off harsh pick attack to mimic the smooth compression of the original lead.

PRO TIPAnchor heavy palm pressure just ahead of the bridge saddles on release to control feedback, and apply a wide, deliberate, wrist-driven vibrato at the peak of bent notes to keep the solid-state preamp singing like a cranked Marshall.

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