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Is This Love (2017 Remaster) amp settings — Orange Rocker 15

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is This Love (2017 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Orange Rocker 15 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, 1987 album (2017 Remaster)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark series (likely Mark IIC+ or Coliseum head), Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers, light chorus, studio compression

Warm, smooth, singing lead tone with controlled gain, prominent mids, and creamy sustain — a polished '80s power ballad sound

Amp settings — Orange Rocker 15

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Strymon El Capistan

Single-head mode, subtle slapback adds depth without washing out the tone — run into amp input

Time 4 · Mix 2 · Tape Age 3 · Repeats 3 · Wow & Flutter 2 · Tape Head 0

Why these settings

Original used a Mesa Mark's tight, focused midrange and humbucker output. Your Orange Rocker 15 is already warm and mid-forward, so we lean into that — mid at 7 compensates for your Strat's brighter single coils. Bass dropped to 4 (vs original's ~5-6) because the Orange is naturally thick in the low-mids. Gain at 6 gives smooth sustain without fizz; the Rocker's EL84 compression helps notes bloom like the studio track.

PRO TIPRoll your Strat's tone knob to 6 and play over the neck pickup to fatten single coils toward humbucker territory — dig in lightly with your pick angled for a rounder attack, letting the amp's natural compression do the sustain work rather than forcing it with gain.

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