Lady starlight amp settings — Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV
The Scorpions guitar tone for “Lady starlight”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV with a Ibanez PIA3761 Steve Vai. Studio version, Animal Magnetism (1980) - Main Solo and Melodic Lead
Gibson Flying V / Explorer with PAF humbuckers -> vintage Marshall JMP / Super Lead 100W (cranked EL34 / 6CA7) with Dieter Dierks studio plate reverb/delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 3 |
The Hot Rod Deluxe IV has a naturally scooped American midrange and bright top end, unlike Rudolf Schenker's cranked Marshall Plexi/JMP. Pushing the amp's Mid to 8 and rolling Treble down to 4 fattens the tone and removes fizzy highs, while the More Drive channel provides the necessary sustained saturation. DiMarzio UtoPIA pickups have higher output and treble bite than vintage PAFs, so switching to the neck pickup with tone dialed back to 7 smooths the attack. Clean acoustic-style arpeggio verses: switch to the Clean channel with guitar volume around 7.
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