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Stairway to Heaven amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a Vox Pathfinder 10 with a Firefly Pro. Studio version, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) — clean arpeggiated intro/verse sections, NOT the solo

Original rig

1959 Fender Telecaster (neck pickup) → Supro Coronado 1690T (small Class A combo, ~5W). No pedals. The famous solo later in the song uses a different rig (Les Paul → Marshall).

Warm, intimate fingerpicked clean with subtle natural compression and soft treble roll-off — chimey but not bright

Amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Treble	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Vox Pathfinder 10 has no mid, presence, or reverb knobs — only Gain, Volume, Bass, Treble, and an Overdrive switch (leave OFF). The Supro was warm and compressed at low volume; the Pathfinder is brighter and more solid-state clean. I've pulled treble down from the original's 7 to 5 and set gain at 3 for slight warmth without breakup. Your Firefly's humbuckers are hotter than Page's Tele single-coil, so rolling the tone knob to 6 softens the attack to match.

PRO TIPUse your fingertips (not a pick) and plant your palm lightly near the bridge for the iconic muted-but-ringing arpeggio feel — the tone lives in the touch as much as the amp.

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