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Mississippi Queen amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Mountain guitar tone for “Mississippi Queen”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Climbing! (1970)

Original rig

1950s Gibson Les Paul TV Junior (single P90 pickup) into a cranked 50-watt Marshall head through a Sunn cabinet loaded with Sunn/Celestion drivers

Fat, warm crunch with thick low-mids and singing sustain — not scooped, not fizzy, just big and round

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELSuper Crunch (ISF fully clockwise to 10 for British voicing)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 lacks discrete Bass, Middle, and Treble EQ knobs or Presence, using an ISF control instead; set ISF to 10 fully clockwise to replicate the British Marshall/Sunn stack voicing. To capture Leslie West's fat P90 bridge bite on high-output Jackson humbuckers without getting harsh, roll the guitar tone knob back to around 7 to shave off modern top-end sizzle. The Digitech Whammy is bypassed as it is not used in the original track.

PRO TIPLeslie West famously rolled his guitar tone knob down roughly 30-40% to mimic a neck-pickup thickness while retaining bridge-pickup attack and sustain.

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