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Stairway to heaven amp settings — Blackstar HT5R MkII

The Led zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to heaven”, dialed in for a Blackstar HT5R MkII with a Fender American Ultra Stratocaster. Studio version, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) — iconic solo section

Original rig

1959 Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup) → Supro Coronado 1690T (modified with single 12" Oxford/Pulsonic speaker), no pedals — amp breakup only, touch of spring reverb

Warm, compressed midrange crunch with singing sustain — not scooped, not fizzy, purely amp-driven saturation with Telecaster bite

Amp settings — Blackstar HT5R MkII

CHANNELClean (ISF at 9 o'clock — American voicing)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Original Supro is a low-wattage American-voiced amp with warm compression — your HT5R's ISF dial replicates this when set toward the American (CCW) side. Strat single coils are brighter and lower output than Page's Telecaster bridge pickup, so I rolled tone_knob to 7 to tame the ice-pick highs and kept treble conservative. Gain 6 gets you into that singing sustain territory without modern saturation. No presence knob on HT5R MkII — it's voiced into the power section.

PRO TIPPage's solo tone breathes because the Supro was cranked near its limit — your HT5R at master 7+ lets the EL84 power section compress naturally. Dig in for more grit, back off picking pressure for cleaner notes. That dynamic response IS the tone.

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