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Is this love amp settings — Marshall MG30FX

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this love”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30FX with a Dean Ml 79 floyd. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987) — clean verse & intro progression

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Marshall MG30FX

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPmiddle TONE10 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01MXR 6-Band EQ

In front of amp: shapes pickup response to match the glassy high-mid studio rack tone

100Hz 5 · 200Hz 6 · 400Hz 4 · 800Hz 5 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 6

02Boss CE-2W Chorus

Standard mode; replicates the wide Roland Dimension D modulation

Rate 4 · Depth 7

03Boss DD-8 Digital Delay

Standard digital delay set for rhythmic dotted-eighth / quarter pulse

E.Level 5 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 5 · Mode 1

04Boss RV-6 Reverb

Hall mode to emulate the Lexicon 224 ambient space

E.Level 6 · Tone 5 · Time 6 · Mode 2

Why these settings

The Marshall MG30FX has no presence control, so top-end air is dialed via the amp's Treble at 7 combined with a boost at 1.6kHz on the MXR EQ. The Clean channel is kept at Gain 2 to provide maximum headroom for the high-output Dean humbuckers, leaving the lush modulation, delay, and reverb pedals to create the pristine 1987 power-ballad clean tone. The Boss OS-2 is bypassed since this iconic part is completely pristine.

PRO TIPPick with a light, flexible pick near the bridge saddles and roll your guitar volume back slightly to 8; this tightens the low-end output of the Dean's humbuckers and enhances the percussive, glassy chorus attack.

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