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Stairway to Heaven amp settings — Harley Benton HB-10G

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-10G with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) — iconic solo section

Original rig

1959 Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup) → Supro Coronado 1690T (12-inch Oxford speaker, cold-biased, cranked for edge-of-breakup)

Singing, mid-forward lead tone with moderate crunch, smooth sustain, and balanced warmth — not high-gain, but pushed amp saturation

Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-10G

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Treble	6
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The HB-10G is a small solid-state practice amp with only Gain, Bass, Treble, and Volume — no mid, presence, or reverb controls. The original Supro tone is mid-forward with moderate crunch from a cranked tube amp. Your amp cannot replicate tube saturation, so gain is pushed to 8 to approach the sustain character without fizzing out the small speaker. Bass dropped from the original's 6.5 to 5 because the HB-10G's low-end gets loose at high gain. Treble at 6 compensates for the Pacifica's slightly darker Alnico V pickups vs Page's bright single-coil Telecaster.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar's tone knob to 7 and dig in with your pick near the bridge for that vocal, singing sustain — the original's magic comes from pick attack dynamics into a pushed amp, not from gain alone.

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