I'm Alright amp settings — Zoom G1X Four
The Neil Zaza guitar tone for “I'm Alright”, dialed in for a Zoom G1X Four with a Ibanez GIO GRG121DX. Studio version, Sing (1996) / signature melodic lead theme
Hamer USA custom superstrat (dual-blade mini-humbuckers / Seymour Duncan pickups) into cranked Marshall tube amp boosted with an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, rack delay, and hall reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01TS Drive (Zoom block)
Clean-boost push tightening the bottom end and adding singing sustain
02Delay (Zoom block)
Subtle quarter-note studio delay for lead spread
03Hall (Zoom Reverb block)
Spacious studio hall ambience
Neil Zaza's signature tone relies heavily on a saturated British tube voice front-loaded with a Tube Screamer. On the Zoom G1X Four, the MS 800 model provides the punchy British gain core while the onboard TS Drive block tightens the attack and extends sustain without getting flubby. Your Ibanez GIO's ceramic humbuckers have an aggressive upper-mid spike, so rolling the tone knob down to 8 and keeping the MS 800 treble at 5 ensures the neck pickup sings smoothly instead of biting.
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