Red Sector A amp settings — Fender GTX50
The Rush guitar tone for “Red Sector A”, dialed in for a Fender GTX50 with a Epiphone IGC 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue. Studio version, Grace Under Pressure (1984) — main rhythm and chord stab tone
Modified Fender Stratocaster (Bill Lawrence L-500) into Marshall JCM800 combo / Gallien-Krueger solid state, Boss CE-1 chorus, Roland SDE-3000 / Korg SDD-3000 digital delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 5 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01Stereo Chorus (GTX onboard Mod block)
Post-amp / FX chain
02Digital Delay (GTX onboard Delay block)
Post-amp / FX chain, approx 330ms
Lifeson used bright, low-wind single coils and hot Lawrence pickups into a cutting 80s British rig; on your warmer Les Paul humbuckers, drop the amp bass to 4 and push treble to 7 to retain the angular chime. Use the GTX50's onboard '80s British amp model at moderate gain rather than heavy saturation so the chorus and delay textures stay pristine. Solo switch: dig in hard with the guitar volume wide open and rely on the onboard digital delay repeats for sustain.
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