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Heartbreaker amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Led zeppelin guitar tone for “Heartbreaker”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Epiphone Les Paul Studio. Studio version, Led Zeppelin II (1969) — iconic main opening riff

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard 'Number One' into cranked Marshall Super Lead 100W (or Vox UL4120) with room mic ambience

Raw, biting, mid-forward vintage British crunch with open high-mid punch

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCrunch

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The MG30CFX Crunch channel reproduces the biting, non-master-volume Plexi break-up without overloading into fizzy modern saturation. Mids and treble are pushed to capture the punchy upper-mid cut of Page's bridge PAF humbucker, while presence is omitted since the MG30CFX lacks that control. A touch of onboard studio reverb mimics the ambient room miking of A&R Studios.

PRO TIPPick hard right near the bridge saddles with a heavy pick to bring out the raw, metallic bite on the opening pull-off riff.

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