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Is This Love (2017 Remaster) amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is This Love (2017 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version (2017 Remaster of 1987 self-titled track), iconic clean chorused rhythm/intro part

Original rig

1961 Fender Stratocaster (middle+bridge position) direct to mixing console / Roland JC-120 clean with Lexicon PCM41 rack stereo chorus and plate reverb

Pristine, glassy '80s studio clean with lush chorus modulation and ambient plate reverb

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	6
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Stereo Chorus (Boss CE-2W or CH-1)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for the signature '80s studio modulation

Rate 4 · Depth 7

Why these settings

The Blues Junior IV provides strong clean headroom at Volume (gain) 2 to prevent any preamp breakup, while the amp's real spring reverb is pushed to 6 to simulate the studio plate reverb. Because the original used a glassy Strat in the notch position, using position 4 on your HSH RG550 splits the neck humbucker with the middle single-coil to capture that hollow '80s chime. A chorus pedal is recommended as an upgrade to deliver the wide Lexicon pitch modulation that defines the track.

PRO TIPPick lightly with a medium-thin tortex pick right over the middle pickup rather than near the bridge to maximize the glassy, bell-like attack without hard transient harshness.

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