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Stairway to Heaven amp settings — EVH 5150 Iconic 80W

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a EVH 5150 Iconic 80W with a Music Man Axis. Studio version solo, Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — EVH 5150 Iconic 80W

CHANNELGreen Channel (Overdrive mode enabled, Resonance at 4)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The original cut used a Telecaster bridge pickup pushing a small Supro into fuzzy, mid-focused power-tube breakup. On the EVH 5150 Iconic, use the Green channel's Overdrive mode with gain at 6 to replicate that vintage sag without turning into modern high-gain fizz. Bass is pulled back to 4 and mids boosted to 7 to compensate for your Music Man Axis humbuckers and mimic the sharp bite of Page's Telecaster.

PRO TIPPick firmly right next to the bridge saddles on the opening phrases to mimic the spanky Telecaster attack, then ease your picking hand slightly forward toward the neck during the bending phrases for maximum sustain.

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