Gothic amp settings — Fender Champion 40
The Paradise Lost guitar tone for “Gothic”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio album cut, Gothic (1991)
Marshall JCM800 2203, Ibanez Iceman / Les Paul style humbuckers, Boss DS-1 / Marshall Guv'nor overdrive boost, Boss GE-7, studio plate reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
The Champion 40 clean channel provides a neutral platform to prevent muddy stacking with the DS-1. Champion 40 lacks physical mid and presence controls, so mid-forward character is dialed via DS-1 tone at 4 and bass at 7 to capture the heavy low-end doom crunch. Rolled back the guitar tone knob slightly to tame the GIO ceramic humbucker high-end rasp.
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