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Stairway to Heaven amp settings — Boss ME-90

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a Boss ME-90 with a PRS Custom 24. Studio version solo, Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Original rig

1959 Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup) into a modified 1959 Supro 1690T Coronado (1x12)

Cranked small-tube-amp bite with raw upper-mid cut and singing sustain

Amp settings — Boss ME-90

CHANNELAIRD Preamp: CRUNCH (or T-AMP/TWEED)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ME-90 OD/DS Block: BOOSTER / OVERDRIVE

In front of amp model to push preamp into sustain

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02ME-90 REV Block: ROOM / HALL

FX loop / post-amp studio ambience

Time 4 · Tone 5 · E.Level 3

Why these settings

Jimmy Page used a telecaster with a spiky bridge pickup into a cranked small combo. On your PRS Custom 24 humbuckers, use coil-split on the bridge if available, or boost treble to 7 and keep mids high at 7 to replicate the piercing Tele cut without getting flubby. The ME-90 Crunch model boosted slightly with the OD block captures that raw Supro power-stage saturation.

PRO TIPPick hard right near the bridge saddles during the opening fast phrases of the solo to extract the signature Telecaster twang and aggressive pick attack.

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