One hot love amp settings — Line 6 Spider V 30
The Makoto Makushita guitar tone for “One hot love”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider V 30 with a Gibson SG Modern. Studio album version, First Light (1981)
Gibson Les Paul / Fender Stratocaster into vintage Fender Twin Reverb & Mesa Boogie Mark series with studio optical compression and analog chorus
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 6 |
01Onboard Compressor Block (Red Comp / Dynacomp style)
Line 6 Spider onboard FX block
02Onboard Chorus Block (Analog Chorus)
Line 6 Spider onboard FX block
The Line 6 Spider V 30 gain stages run hot, so keeping gain at 4 on the Crunch/Tweed model delivers that smooth edge-of-breakup West Coast fusion compression without buzzing. Your Gibson SG Modern humbuckers have thick mid punch, so selecting both pickups and nudging the amp treble to 7 recreates the glassy studio sparkle of Matsushita's original tracking. The Spider V 30 has no physical presence knob, so top-end air is shaped purely via the treble and bright voicing.
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