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Is this love amp settings — Mooer GE150

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this love”, dialed in for a Mooer GE150 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987) — John Sykes' power ballad lead tone

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom with neck pickup (volume rolled to 8, tone 8) → Marshall JCM800 2203 at mid-gain (5-6) → Boss CE-2 Chorus (slow rate, moderate depth) → studio reverb (Alesis MidiVerb, large hall)

Warm, singing neck-pickup lead tone with late-80s chorus shimmer and hall reverb sustain — almost clean on verse arpeggios, opening to mid-gain saturation on solo

Amp settings — Mooer GE150

CHANNELJCM800 model (or closest British crunch — 'UK 800' / '80s British' in Mooer presets)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Chorus (GE150 internal block)

Slow shimmer, not fast wobble — enable this block after the amp model

Rate 3 · Depth 6 · Level 6

02Hall Reverb (GE150 internal block)

Large hall tail for ballad sustain — place after chorus in signal chain

Decay 6 · Mix 5 · Tone 6

Why these settings

Your GRG170DX has Infinity R humbuckers — hotter and brighter than Sykes' PAF-style Les Paul pickups. Dropped treble from 7→6 and presence from 6→5 to tame the extra bite. Raised mid from 6→7 because the GE150's JCM800 model is slightly more scooped than the real amp. Gain stays at 5 — this tone is NOT high-gain; it breathes and cleans up with volume knob dynamics.

PRO TIPRoll your volume knob to 6 on the verse arpeggios for near-clean shimmer, then push to 10 on the chorus power chords and solo — Sykes used his volume knob as a gain control throughout this track. Wide, slow finger vibrato on held solo notes is essential to the vocal quality of this tone.

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