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She's gone amp settings — Mooer GE 100 pro

The Steel heart guitar tone for “She's gone”, dialed in for a Mooer GE 100 pro with a Solar S by Solar 4.6C. Studio album version, Steelheart (1990) - Iconic guitar solo & heavy chorus

Original rig

Chris Risola: Marshall JCM800 / modified Plexi heads, Gibson Les Paul / Superstrat with bridge humbucker, Boss SD-1 Overdrive, rack studio delay and plate reverb

Saturated, singing late-80s glam metal lead and crunch with prominent upper-mid bite, smooth sustain, and lush stereo delay
Amp settings — Mooer GE 100 pro
CHANNELJ800 / UK 800 Amp Model + 1960A 4x12 CabBRIGHTonBOOSToff
GAIN 7 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 0 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Mid7
Treble6
Presence6
Reverb0
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01DS/OD Block (Pure Boost / Tube Drive)

Clean boost mode to tighten the low end and add singing sustain into the JCM800 model

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02DELAY Block (Digital Delay)

FX block placed after amp modeling; set delay time to ~435ms for the ballad lead

Time 5 · F.Back 4 · Level 4

03REV Block (Plate Reverb)

FX block placed after delay for studio polish

Decay 6 · Tone 5 · Level 4
Why these settings

The Solar S 4.6C high-output bridge humbucker provides ample punch, so the J800 model's gain is kept around 7 to prevent low-end flub. The internal Tube Drive block acts purely as an overdrive boost (low drive, high output) to mirror Risola's front-end boost and push the mid-range harmonics. Digital delay and plate reverb are placed after the preamp block to replicate the polished 1990 studio production. For the clean acoustic/piano intro sections, simply bypass the OD and Delay blocks while switching to neck pickup with volume at 6.

PRO TIPDig into vibrato during bends with the meat of your fretting finger pad rather than the tip to milk the sustained, singing harmonics characteristic of Chris Risola's solo phrasing.

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