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Who's Crying Now (2022 Remaster) amp settings — Boss GT-1

The Journey guitar tone for “Who's Crying Now (2022 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version outro solo, Escape (1981 / 2022 Remaster)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul (humbuckers) into cranked Marshall Super Lead / JMP 100W with Boss DS-1 / OD-1 and studio plate reverb/delay

Smooth, singing, mid-rich sustain with warm top-end and dynamic touch sensitivity
Amp settings — Boss GT-1
CHANNELBoss GT-1: 'MS HIGAIN' (Marshall JMP/Plexi style) amp modelBRIGHToffBOOSTon
GAIN 6 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 5 PRESENCE 4 REVERB 5 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass5
Mid7
Treble5
Presence4
Reverb5
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01OD/DS Block: 'T-SCREAM' (Clean Boost mode)

Used in front of the amp block to tighten lows and push mid sustain

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 8

02DELAY Block: 'STANDARD'

Subtle quarter/dotted-eighth ambient echo around 380ms

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · E.Level 3

03REVERB Block: 'PLATE'

Emulates the 1981 studio EMT plate reverb

Time 6 · Tone 5 · E.Level 4
Why these settings

Neal Schon tracked this iconic melodic outro solo using the neck pickup with rolled-back highs for that liquid, flute-like sustain. On your Jackson JS22 Dinky's ceramic humbuckers, rolling the guitar tone knob down to 7 warms up the sharper attack to match Neal's PAF-style Les Paul neck voice. The GT-1's MS HIGAIN block pushed by a low-drive Tube Screamer provides infinite singing sustain without harsh top-end fizz. Clean rhythm parts: bypass the OD block and switch to the bridge pickup.

PRO TIPPick smoothly near the neck pickup and apply wide, slow finger vibrato on sustained notes to coax that singing vocal envelope out of the amp compression.

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