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Is This Love amp settings — Flamma FX100

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is This Love”, dialed in for a Flamma FX100 with a washburn stratocaster. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987) — clean arpeggiated verse tone

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard with neck pickup, Marshall JCM800 2203 at mid-gain (5-6), Boss CE-2 Chorus, studio reverb

Warm, shimmering clean with chorus shimmer and hall reverb — emotional 80s power ballad clarity

Amp settings — Flamma FX100

CHANNELPlexi or JCM800 model — clean/edge-of-breakup settingBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME7

Signal chain

01Flamma FX100 — Chorus Block

Classic 80s chorus — slow rate, moderate depth for shimmer without warble

Rate/Speed 3 · Depth 6 · Level/Mix 5

02Flamma FX100 — Delay Block

Short slapback/ambient delay to add dimension — keep subtle

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Level 4

03Flamma FX100 — Reverb Block

Hall reverb for ballad sustain tail — this tone needs room

Decay 6 · Mix/Level 5

Why these settings

Your Strat single-coil neck pickup is brighter and lower-output than Sykes' Les Paul humbucker. Bass pushed to 7 compensates for the thinner low-end, treble dropped to 5 prevents ice-pick highs. Gain at 2 keeps you clean — the original sat at edge-of-breakup on the JCM800, but your Strat into the FX100's Plexi model needs less gain to stay in that warm-clean zone. Volume knob at 7 on the guitar rolls off some brightness and adds touch sensitivity.

PRO TIPThe verse arpeggios were fingerpicked, not flatpicked — use your thumb and fingers for that soft, rounded attack that lets the chorus effect bloom without harsh transients. Roll your guitar volume to 6-7 for verses, then push to 10 for the full chord stabs in the chorus sections.

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