Is this Love amp settings — Blackstar HT20R MkII
The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this Love”, dialed in for a Blackstar HT20R MkII with a Schecter C-1 Hellraiser. Studio version, Whitesnake / 1987 (Iconic Clean/Chorused Intro and Verses)
1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Dirty Fingers humbuckers) into Jose Arredondo-modded Marshall JCM800 / Mesa Mark IIC+ blend, Roland Dimension D chorus, Lexicon 224 reverb, Yamaha SPX90 delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 5 |
01HX Effects: Deluxe Comp (in front)
Compressor block in front of amp input to add 80s studio polish and sustain to the pick attack
02HX Effects: Dimension Chorus / Chorus (FX loop)
Modulation block routed into the HT-20R MkII FX loop to emulate the studio Roland Dimension D rack
03HX Effects: Simple Delay (FX loop)
Set delay time to ~455ms (dotted eighth/quarter around 88 BPM) with low feedback
The HT-20R MkII clean channel with the Voice button engaged provides pristine clean headroom to prevent the hot active EMG pickups on the Schecter from breaking up into unwanted grit. Setting the ISF fully counter-clockwise (American clean) keeps the low-end clear and highs chimey, while the HX Effects handles the crucial rack compression, chorus, and delay in the loop. Treble is dialed to 6 to balance the bright EMG active humbuckers against the signature studio hi-fi gloss.
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