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Still Loving You amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR

The Scorpions guitar tone for “Still Loving You”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL40CR with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Love at First Sting (1984) — iconic clean arpeggiated intro/verse tone

Original rig

Gibson Flying V with humbuckers (neck pickup), Marshall JCM800 2203, Boss CH-1 Super Chorus, studio reverb

Warm, chiming clean with lush 80s chorus and spacious reverb — neck humbucker warmth with crystalline high-end shimmer

Amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR

CHANNELClean GreenBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	4
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Why these settings

Original used a Gibson Flying V humbucker into a JCM800 on low gain. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output, so bass raised +1 and treble dropped -1 to compensate for the missing warmth. Using the DSL40CR Clean Green channel with gain at 3 gives the near-clean sparkle the intro needs. Roll tone knob to 7 to tame Strat ice-pick highs and simulate humbucker smoothness.

PRO TIPThe original tone relies heavily on 80s chorus and reverb — without a chorus pedal, your tone will sound thin and exposed. A Boss CH-1 or TC Electronic Corona would get you 80% there; for now, pick closer to the neck and use hybrid picking to add warmth and dynamics to the arpeggios.

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