Purple Rain amp settings — Davis G-10
The Prince guitar tone for “Purple Rain”, dialed in for a Davis G-10 with a Riviera Vintage Stratocaster. Studio album / First Avenue recording (1984), iconic outro lead solo
Hohner MadCat Telecaster / Stratocaster into Boss SD-1, Boss DS-1, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Boss DM-2 Delay, Mesa/Boogie Mark II head into Bag End D12-M cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
03Analog Delay (Boss DM-2 style)
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The Davis G-10 is a basic practice amp with only Gain, Volume, Bass, and Treble controls (mid, presence, and reverb are absent and nulled). Engage the amp's onboard drive switch with gain at 7 to capture the singing sustain of Prince's cranked Mesa Mark II lead tone without an external dirt pedal. Rolling your Strat tone knob back slightly to 8 tames the bright single-coil bridge pickup to mimic the warmer response of Prince's Hohner MadCat. Clean intro chords: disengage the drive switch and roll guitar volume to 7.
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