Purple Rain amp settings — Boss GT-1
The Prince & The Revolution guitar tone for “Purple Rain”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Iconic outro solo, Purple Rain (1984 First Avenue recording / studio cut)
Hohner MadCat (bridge pickup) -> Boss SD-1 / DS-1 -> Mesa/Boogie Mark II -> Boss BF-2 Flanger -> Boss DM-2 Delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 7 |
01OD/DS Block: Boss DS-1 model
Running as a tight mid-focused boost into the driven amp model
02FX1 Block: Flanger (BF-2 style)
Slow, subtle sweep adding the signature metallic movement
03Delay Block: Analog (DM-2 style)
Warm analog slap-and-trail set to roughly 320ms
The Jackson JS22 ceramic humbuckers have a hotter output and thicker low-end than Prince's single-coil-style MadCat pickups, so bass is trimmed to 4 and guitar tone is rolled back to 8 to avoid harshness. The GT-1's BG LEAD model delivers the core Mark II singing mid-range sustain, while the onboard DS-1 block is set as a low-gain boost to compress and tighten pick attack. Because the GT-1 is a modeler, all effects are supplied internally via dedicated blocks with zero external purchases required.
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