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Pictures of Home Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Deep Purple
Deep Purple · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1971 Fender Stratocaster (maple neck, stock single coils, scalloped fretboard)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (stock, 1971 era)
Amp
Marshall Major 200-watt head (custom modded to ~280 watts, EL34 tubes) into Marshall 4x12 cabinet
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1971-1972, Machine Head sessions. Blackmore used his maple-neck Stratocaster with stock single coils, plugged into a custom-modded Marshall Major head. No evidence of pedals or effects other than amp overdrive and possibly some subtle studio reverb. No evidence of live rig or later Rainbow-era gear for this recording.
Amp Settings
Mids7.5
Bass6.5
Gain7
Reverb2
Treble7
Presence6
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Tone Character
- aggressive British crunch
- singing sustain
- bright and articulate
- dynamic pick attack
- percussive and cutting
- clear note separation
- classic Marshall overdrive
- slight natural compression
- touch-sensitive response
- no fuzz or heavy saturation
Notes & Caveats
- No direct source gives exact knob settings for 'Pictures of Home' solo; amp and EQ values are estimated based on era, amp model, and genre.
- No evidence of any pedals or effects used on the original studio recording; all distortion is from the amp.
- No evidence of delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, or wah in the solo section; only possible subtle studio reverb.
- Pickup position inferred from typical Blackmore solo tone and listening to isolated tracks.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Ritchie Blackmore's 'Pictures of Home' solo tone is classic early-70s British rock: moderate Marshall crunch, pronounced mids, balanced bass/treble, and minimal reverb. The settings reflect Blackmore's typical amp EQ (mid-forward, not scooped), with enough gain for sustain but not high-gain distortion.