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Wild Frontier amp settings — Kemper Profiler Stage

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Wild Frontier”, dialed in for a Kemper Profiler Stage with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio album version, Wild Frontier (1987) — Celtic hard-rock signature lead/rhythm tone

Original rig

Marshall 1959 Super Lead / 1972 Super Bass + Marshall 1960B cab (EV-12L speakers) + Boss DS-1 Distortion / Guv'nor + Roland SDE-3000 delay + 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard / Charvel

Aggressive, mid-pushed 80s hard rock lead with tight harmonic bite and singing sustain
Amp settings — Kemper Profiler Stage
CHANNELMarshall 1959 Super Lead / Plexi High Treble Profile + 4x12 Greenback/EV cab IRBRIGHTonBOOSToff
GAIN 6 BASS 4 MID 8 TREBLE 7 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 4 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass4
Mid8
Treble7
Presence6
Reverb4
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Kemper Stomp Block A (Distortion / DS-1 type)

In front of amp profile to tighten low end and add saturated 80s sustain

Drive 4 · Tone 6 · Volume 7

02Kemper Delay Block (Digital Delay)

Post-stack; set to dotted-eighth / ~380ms for Celtic rhythmic bounce

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3

03Kemper Reverb Block (Hall/Plate)

Post-stack; replicates late-80s studio production space

Time 5 · Damping 5 · Mix 4
Why these settings

The Kemper's Marshall 1959 Super Lead profile delivers the punchy mid bark of Moore's hard-rock era. Running a DS-1 style stomp block with modest drive into the profile replicates the tight attack and sustain of his cranked Plexi/EV-speaker rig without flubbing the low end. Pull your Les Paul bridge tone knob back to 8 to tame high-end harshness while retaining cutting attack.

PRO TIPUse heavy picking hand attack near the bridge for the staccato Celtic melody lines, and flip to the neck pickup with tone on 6 for the fast fluid legato sections.

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