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Is this love amp settings — Line 6 Helix Floor

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this love”, dialed in for a Line 6 Helix Floor with a PRS SE Custom 24. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987) — John Sykes lead guitar

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom with neck pickup, Marshall JCM800 2203 at medium gain, Boss CE-2 Chorus (slow rate, moderate depth), studio reverb (large hall)

Warm, singing ballad lead with neck-pickup richness, subtle chorus shimmer, and hall reverb sustain — clean enough for arpeggiated verses, enough gain for the emotional solo

Amp settings — Line 6 Helix Floor

CHANNELBrit 2204 (JCM800 model) — Amp+Cab blockBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Helix Transistor Tape Chorus (CE-2 style)

Place before amp block — slow swirl, not heavy wobble

Speed 3 · Depth 5 · Tone 6 · Mix 4

02Helix Hall Reverb

Place after amp/cab block — large hall tail for ballad sustain, mix low enough to stay defined

Decay 6 · Predelay 3 · Mix 4 · Low Cut 2 · High Cut 7

Why these settings

Your PRS SE Custom 24 humbuckers are slightly hotter and brighter than Sykes' PAF-style Les Paul pickups, so I pulled treble down 1 from the original JCM800 setting and pushed mid up 1 to preserve the vocal warmth. The Brit 2204 model nails the JCM800 response; keep gain moderate — this tone breathes, it doesn't saturate. Roll your guitar volume to 6 for the fingerpicked verse arpeggios, then kick to 10 for the chorus and solo.

PRO TIPSykes' signature on this track is slow, wide finger vibrato on sustained notes — let the neck pickup and reverb tail do the work, don't rush to the next note. For the solo, switch to bridge pickup and open the tone knob to 10 for more cut, but keep the same amp settings.

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