Still Of The Night (2017 Remaster) amp settings — Fender Champion 20
The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Still Of The Night (2017 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Gibson Les Paul Special. Main rhythm riff / solo tone, Whitesnake 1987 album version (2017 Remaster)
1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Dirty Fingers / Gibson humbuckers) into modded Marshall JCM800 2203 heads (Jose Arredondo mod with diode clipping) and Mesa/Boogie Coliseum / Mark series cabs
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01Onboard Delay/Reverb FX
Set FX Select to Delay+Reverb or light Reverb on the Champion 20 for arena spatial depth
The Fender Champion 20 lacks physical Middle and Presence knobs, so dial the Voice knob directly to the high-gain 'Metal' setting to capture John Sykes' modded Marshall high-gain saturation. Keep Treble elevated at 7 to recreate the aggressive top-end pick attack and harmonic squeals of Sykes' tone. Bass is kept at 6 to retain chunk on the 8-inch speaker without flubbing out under heavy palm muting. Breakdown clean interlude: roll guitar volume back to 3 or switch briefly to the Champion's Blackface clean voice.
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