Purple rain amp settings — Fender Rumble 100
The Prince guitar tone for “Purple rain”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 100 with a Fender John Mayer Stratocaster. Original 1983 First Avenue live tracking with studio overdubs, iconic outro solo
Hohner MadCat Telecaster (Strat-style pickups) into Boss DS-1, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Boss DM-2 Delay, into Mesa/Boogie Mark IIB clean with Bag End 4x12 cabinets
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 5 |
01MOOER GE 100: DS-1 Distortion Block (DS)
Primary gain source; Tone rolled back to tame single-coil bite
02MOOER GE 100: Flanger Block (FLANGER)
Subtle modulation replicating the Boss BF-2 color
03MOOER GE 100: Analog Delay Block (ANALOG)
Replicates the warm Boss DM-2 tape/analog repeats
The Fender Rumble 100 is a transparent solid-state bass amplifier with low-mid and high-mid controls, so set low-mid and high-mid to 6 to emulate the mid-rich Mesa Mark IIB clean platform while leaving all voicing buttons off. The Mooer GE 100 provides the entire gain structure via its DS distortion model; amp gain is set to 2 to prevent preamp clipping and speaker flub. The John Mayer Big Dipper pickups have scooped mids, so Prince's singing warmth is achieved by switching to the neck pickup and dialing tone down to 8.
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