Purples rain amp settings — GLOBAL MG-15 mini guitar amp
The Prince guitar tone for “Purples rain”, dialed in for a GLOBAL MG-15 mini guitar amp with a Thomson Telecaster. Live tracking at First Avenue (1983) with studio overdubs, album title track climax solo
Hohner MadCat Telecaster / Dave Rusan Cloud guitar into Boss pedals (DS-1, BD-2/SD-1, BF-2 Flanger) into clean Mesa/Boogie Mark IIB with Bag End 4x12 JBL cabs
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
The Global MG-15 is a small practice amp with only Gain, Volume, Treble, and Bass controls (mid and presence are null). Prince ran high-headroom clean Mesa amps pushed hard by a Boss distortion pedal, but since you own no pedals, you must engage the amp's onboard drive channel with Gain at 7 to achieve singing lead sustain. Keep treble moderate around 5 and roll the guitar tone knob slightly back to 8 to prevent the small solid-state speaker from sounding brittle or fizzy. Clean intro/verse: disengage the amp drive switch to clean and switch to the middle pickup position.
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