Is this love amp settings — Valeton GP-200
The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is this love”, dialed in for a Valeton GP-200 with a Schecter Synyster Standard. Studio version, Whitesnake (1987) — clean verse & intro progression
1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Dirty Fingers pickups) into Jose Arredondo-modded Marshall JCM800 2204 + Roland Dimension D chorus, Lexicon 224 reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 8 |
01Compressor (Valeton GP-200 Dyn Comp block)
In front of amp block for snappy 80s ballad compression
02Chorus (Valeton GP-200 Dimension/Stereo Chorus block)
Post-amp block to replicate Roland Dimension D rack widening
03Digital Delay (Valeton GP-200 Delay block)
Post-amp, set to dotted-eighth or ~450ms at ~88 BPM
04Hall Reverb (Valeton GP-200 Reverb block)
Post-amp for massive 80s studio space
The Schecter Synyster Standard's high-output Diamond humbuckers push amps into breakup quickly, so rolling your guitar volume back to 8 and keeping the GP-200 amp block gain down at 2 preserves pristine headroom. Combining both pickups tames the aggressive bridge bite and mirrors John Sykes' rounded, articulate intro picking. The heavy lifting comes from post-amp processing with Dimension chorus and studio delay/reverb blocks.
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