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Stairway to Heaven amp settings — Yamaha THR30II

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a Yamaha THR30II with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) — specifically the famous guitar solo section

Original rig

1959 Fender Telecaster ('Dragon' Tele) through Supro combo amp (likely Supro Thunderbolt or similar small combo), bridge pickup, no pedals — pure amp overdrive

Singing, vocal-like midrange with smooth sustain, warm British-American overdrive with articulate note definition and controlled compression

Amp settings — Yamaha THR30II

CHANNELBoutique (Amp Type selector) — closest to pushed Class A combo characterBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	3
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The THR30II's Boutique amp type captures the pushed Class A combo saturation of Page's Supro. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Page's Tele bridge pickup, so I've pushed mids to 7 (vs original's estimated 6) and dropped treble to 5 to compensate for Strat ice-pick. Using neck pickup with tone rolled to 7 delivers the warm, singing sustain of the solo without harshness.

PRO TIPPage's solo breathes because of his vibrato and deliberate phrasing — let notes sustain and decay naturally rather than machine-gunning. Roll your guitar volume to 8 during the quieter melodic passages for cleaner dynamics, then slam it back to 10 for the climactic bends.

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