Purple Rain amp settings — Line 6 HX Stomp

The Prince guitar tone for “Purple Rain”, dialed in for a Line 6 HX Stomp with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Live at First Avenue (August 3, 1983) — basis for album cut, intro/verse chord rhythm

Original rig

Rickenbacker 330 / Hohner MadCat into Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, Boss DM-2 Delay, and Mesa/Boogie Mark II clean channel

Lush, shimmering modulated clean rhythm with tight low end and warm analog chorus

Amp settings — Line 6 HX Stomp

CHANNELCali Texas Ch1 (Mesa Boogie clean) + 1x12 Cali EXT CabBRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	5
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Red Squeeze (Compressor Block)

Placed first in HX Stomp chain to mimic Wendy's CS-1 leveling her picking dynamics

Level 7 · Sensitivity 5

02Chorus (Boss CE-1 Style Block)

Essential chorus modulation voicing for the Purple Rain intro chords

Speed 4 · Depth 6 · Tone 5 · Mix 5

03Vintage Digital / Bucket Brigade Delay Block

Set to around 320ms subtle repeat to fill chord gaps without clutter

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3

04Plate Reverb Block

Post-cab studio space emulation

Decay 5 · PreDelay 2 · Mix 3

Why these settings

The Ibanez GRG170DX ceramic pickups are hotter and flatter than Wendy Melvoin's vintage single coils, so position 4 (neck + middle split) is used to replicate the glassy chime. The Cali Texas Ch1 block provides pristine Mesa headroom with gain kept low at 3 to prevent unwanted breakup from the Ibanez's output. A slight bump to the mids and bright switch on compensates for the darker ceramic pickup voicing.

PRO TIPPick using a light-gauge pick near the middle pickup with a relaxed wrist to allow the CE-1 style chorus depth to bloom across the extended sus2 and add9 chord voicings without sharp transient spikes.

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