I Want It All amp settings — Boss GT-1
The Queen guitar tone for “I Want It All”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio album version, The Miracle (1989) — signature main rhythm riff
Brian May Red Special (bridge + middle pickups in series) into custom Treble Booster into cranked Vox AC30
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
01FX1/OD: TREBLE BOOSTER
Treble Booster block pushes the Vox preamp into saturated compression
02FX2: CHORUS
Subtle stereo doubling effect to recreate Brian May's multi-amp studio spread
The Jackson JS22 ceramic humbuckers have higher output and a thicker low-end than the Red Special's series single coils, so Bass is cut to 4 on the amp block while Treble and Mid are boosted to reproduce the focused midrange cut. The GT-1 Treble Booster block is placed first to slam the T-AMP model's input for that distinctive harmonic saturation. Rolling the guitar volume back slightly to 9 cleans up the fizzy top end of the ceramic bridge pickup to match Brian's smooth violin-like sustain.
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