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Is this love amp settings — Friedman BE-100 Deluxe

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this love”, dialed in for a Friedman BE-100 Deluxe with a Fender David Gilmour Stratocaster. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987) — clean intro and verse progression

Original rig

1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Dirty Fingers humbuckers) into Jose Arredondo-modded Marshall JCM800 2204 + Roland Dimension D chorus and Lexicon 224 reverb

Lush, compressed 80s studio clean with wide dimensional chorus, rhythmic delay, and expansive hall reverb

Amp settings — Friedman BE-100 Deluxe

CHANNELCleanBRIGHTonBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Stereo Chorus (Boss CE-2W or Dimension D style)

RECOMMENDED — not owned (FX loop)

Rate 4 · Depth 7

02Digital Delay (Boss DD-3 / DD-7)

RECOMMENDED — not owned (FX loop, set to ~420ms dotted-eighth)

E.Level 5 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 6 · Mode 5

03Studio Hall Reverb

RECOMMENDED — not owned (FX loop)

Mix 6 · Decay 7 · Tone 5

Why these settings

The BE-100 Deluxe's dedicated clean channel provides the high-headroom Plexi-style clean foundation needed for this track. Using the Strat's position 4 (neck+middle) delivers the iconic scooped, glassy quack that closely emulates the pristine 80s studio clean tone before chorus and delay processing. Solo section: switch to the HBE channel with gain at 7 and engage a mid boost for the soaring lead.

PRO TIPPick very lightly with a thin-to-medium pick right over the middle pickup to emphasize the percussive, bell-like transient attack characteristic of 1987-era power ballad cleans.

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