Stairway to heaven amp settings — Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV
The Led zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to heaven”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) — guitar solo
1959 Fender Telecaster (Dragon Tele, bridge pickup) into a cranked 1959 Supro 1690T Coronado (modified with a single 12-inch speaker)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 4 |
01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
GAIN SOURCE — runs direct into the amp input to simulate the small Supro amp breaking up
Jimmy Page used a cranked low-wattage Supro for this solo, which naturally produces thick, compressed midrange breakup that a 40W 6L6 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe cannot replicate cleanly at reasonable volumes. Your TS9 acts as the primary gain stage to push that classic mid-hump drive into the amp's clean channel. Keep the amp's treble controlled at 5 and roll the Tele's tone knob back slightly to tame the bridge pickup's ice-pick frequencies. Clean 12-string intro: bypass the TS9 and select the middle pickup position.
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