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Is This Love (2017 Remaster) Guitar Tone Settings — Whitesnake
Whitesnake · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely 1960s or 1970s, as used by John Sykes on the 1987 album for clean parts)
Pickups
Single-coil (Fender stock Strat pickups, likely neck or neck+middle position for clean tone)
Amp
Marshall JCM800 2203 100W Tube Head
Pickup Position
Neck pickup or Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, 1986-1987 (album released 1987, remaster 2017). Clean sections likely used Stratocaster for glassy tone; Sykes is known to have used Les Paul for heavy parts but Strat for clean. Amp is Marshall JCM800, as per era and Equipboard. Effects processor (TC Electronic G-Major II) is associated with Doug Aldrich, not Sykes, and not for this era/song.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb3.5
Treble7
Presence6
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Tone Character
- glassy and bright
- articulate single-coil clarity
- lush, slightly compressed
- warm low end, not boomy
- subtle reverb ambience
- dynamic response to picking
- no audible breakup
- 80s studio polish
- no chorus or modulation audible
- chimey Stratocaster clean