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Is this love amp settings — Ibrah Music KA-20

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this love”, dialed in for a Ibrah Music KA-20 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987 album)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom (neck pickup, volume 8, tone 8) → Marshall JCM800 2203 (mid-gain) → Boss CE-2 Chorus → Alesis MidiVerb (large hall reverb)

Warm, singing ballad tone with mid-gain saturation, soft chorus shimmer, and generous hall reverb for sustain

Amp settings — Ibrah Music KA-20

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	6
Treble	5
Reverb	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Chorus (any basic analog or digital chorus)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for the late-80s shimmer on this track. Boss CE-2 clone, TC Electronic Corona, or Behringer UC200 all work.

Rate 3 · Depth 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Ibrah Music KA-20 is an unrecognized budget practice amp — knob names on your faceplate may differ, and it likely lacks mid and presence controls (set to null). Your Strat's single-coil neck pickup is brighter and lower-output than Sykes' Les Paul humbucker, so bass is raised +1 vs the original and treble dropped -2 to compensate for the brightness; tone knob rolled to 6 adds warmth. The 80s ballad shimmer requires a chorus pedal the amp cannot replicate internally.

PRO TIPRoll your Strat's volume knob to 6 during the fingerpicked verse arpeggios for a cleaner, more delicate sound, then kick it to 10 for the full barre chord chorus sections — Sykes used this volume-knob dynamics trick to create contrast without changing amp settings.

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