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Wheel In the Sky (2024 Remaster) amp settings — Boss GT-1

The Journey guitar tone for “Wheel In the Sky (2024 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Infinity (1978) / 2024 Remaster — iconic intro lead and driving rhythm tone

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul (humbuckers) into modified Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W, Roland RE-201 Space Echo, Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble

Sustaining, singing classic British crunch with prominent upper-mid bite, tape-style echo, and subtle modulation
Amp settings — Boss GT-1
CHANNELBoss GT-1 Preamp: MS 1959 I+II (Plexi model)BRIGHTonBOOSToff
GAIN 7 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 7 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 3 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Mid7
Treble7
Presence6
Reverb3
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01OD/DS Block: T-Scream (Clean Boost)

Tightens low end and increases sustain into the Plexi model

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02FX1 Block: Chorus (CE-1 style)

Post-amp position for subtle stereo widening

Rate 3 · Depth 3 · Level 4

03Delay Block: Tape Echo

Set to roughly 320ms for signature Schon tape delay trailing

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · E.Level 4
Why these settings

The MS 1959 model delivers the cranked Marshall Super Lead response Neal Schon used on Infinity. The Jackson JS22 ceramic humbuckers have a sharper top end and higher output than Schon's vintage Les Paul, so treble is held at 7 with guitar tone slightly rolled back to 9 to smooth out pick attack. The internal T-Scream acts purely as a level boost to supply singing sustain without turning into modern high-gain fuzz.

PRO TIPSchon's singing sustain relies on a wide, controlled vibrato and digging in near the bridge pickup with a heavy pick to trigger smooth second-order harmonics.

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