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Women in love amp settings — Valeton Gp200

The Van halen guitar tone for “Women in love”, dialed in for a Valeton Gp200 with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Women and Children First (1980) — clean intro/verse riff, volume-knob clean technique

Original rig

Frankenstrat (single PAF humbucker) with volume rolled to ~3-4, Echoplex EP-3 tape echo, 1968 Marshall Super Lead 100w Plexi (Variac'd to ~90V), Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab

Glassy, warm clean with subtle compression from the Echoplex preamp; sparkly highs, round lows, touch-sensitive dynamics

Amp settings — Valeton Gp200

CHANNELPlexi 100W model (or Marshall Super Lead / JTM45 variant)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME4

Signal chain

01Tape Echo / Delay block (Echoplex-style)

Echoplex adds subtle warmth and preamp compression to the clean tone; keep mix low for thickening, not obvious repeats

Time 4 · Feedback 2 · Mix 3 · Tone 6

02Room Reverb block

Small room ambience only; the original is fairly dry

Decay 3 · Mix 2 · Pre-delay 2

Why these settings

Your Les Paul Standard 60s has hotter PAF-style humbuckers than Eddie's original, so volume knob at 4 cleans up the signal like his technique. The GP-200's Plexi model is voiced brighter than the real Variac'd amp, so I dropped treble to 6 and presence to 5 vs the original's 7/6. Gain at 2 simulates the edge-of-breakup character without actual crunch—the magic is in your volume knob dynamics.

PRO TIPEddie's clean tone on this track comes entirely from rolling his guitar volume down to 3-4 while the amp stays set for crunch—practice sweeping your volume knob up into the verses for that dynamic swell. Pick closer to the neck for the rounder attack he uses on the arpeggios.

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