Whole Lotta Love amp settings — Marshall Code 50
The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Whole Lotta Love”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Gibson Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Main Riff
1959 Gibson Les Paul 'Number One' (PAF humbuckers) into Vox Super Beatle solid-state head driving Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets; Sola Sound Tone Bender MkII and Maestro Echoplex EP-3 tape delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
01Onboard Guv'nor / Bluesbreaker Drive Block
Used as a mild push to emulate the edge-of-fuzz bite from Page's Super Beatle and Tone Bender setup
02Onboard Studio Reverb Block
Replicates the natural ambient room space of Olympic Studios
The Marshall Code 50 modeling amp uses the vintage 1959HW Plexi model paired with an onboard drive block to replicate the aggressive upper-mid push and raspy edge of Page's cranked solid-state Vox and Tone Bender chain. With your Les Paul Classic humbuckers matching Page's PAF configuration, gain is kept around 6 to maintain dynamic articulation on the opening low-E string stabs without turning muddy. The Code 50 has no physical presence control on its faceplate, so upper-end bite is dialed directly via the Treble parameter and the drive block tone.
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