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Since You Been Gone amp settings — Blackstar Silverline Deluxe

The Rainbow guitar tone for “Since You Been Gone”, dialed in for a Blackstar Silverline Deluxe with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Down to Earth (1979)

Original rig

1974 Fender Stratocaster (scalloped) → Modified Marshall Major 200W (non-master volume, cranked)

Bright, cutting crunch with glassy upper-mids and tight low-end — single-coil bite through saturated tubes

Amp settings — Blackstar Silverline Deluxe

CHANNELOD1 (British-voiced crunch)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

Your Blackstar Silverline's OD1 channel nails the Marshall-voiced mid-forward crunch Blackmore used. ISF should sit around 2 o'clock (British side) for that upper-mid bark. Treble stays at 6 rather than the original's 7 because your Strat's bridge single-coil is already bright — pushing treble higher gets ice-picky. Mids bumped to 7 to match Blackmore's cutting presence in the mix.

PRO TIPBlackmore's secret weapon was his scalloped fretboard enabling exaggerated vibrato with minimal pressure — compensate by using wider, slower vibrato from your wrist rather than finger wiggle, and dig in hard with the pick for that aggressive attack on the rhythm riff.

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