Stairway to Heaven amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX
The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version solo, Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
1959 Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup) into a modified 1959 Supro 1690T Coronado (1x12 speaker conversion)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
The original Supro has thick mid-range overdrive with aggressive bite when pushed hard. On the MG30CFX, use the Crunch channel with gain at 7 to recreate that cranked 6L6 tube saturation without introducing the modern fizz of the OD channels or the HD300 pedal. Roll the Telecaster tone knob back slightly to 8 to tame the bridge pickup's ice-pick frequencies and match the warm, woody cut of Page's original track. Clean intro/acoustic parts: switch to the Clean channel with gain at 3.
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