🎸 Rock · 1970s

Feel Like Makin Love by Bad Company (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Bad Company · riff

The Feel Like Makin Love by Bad Company guitar tone is built on a Ampeg V-4 / Vox AC30 — warm clean verse into a big crunchy chorus, dialed in at gain 5/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 5.5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

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Amp settings (0–10)

GAIN

BASS

MID

TREBLE

5.5

PRESENCE

REVERB

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

How these settings compare

Measured against the 540 rock tones in our researched catalog: Gain 5 sits right around the rock average (4.8); mids at 6 are right around average (6.2).

Guitar controls

VOLUME

TONE

Original gear

Amp: Ampeg V-4 / Vox AC30 — warm clean verse into a big crunchy chorus

Mick Ralphs built this on the dynamic swing from a warm clean verse to a big power-chord chorus. A Gibson Les Paul (bridge pickup) into an Ampeg V-4 (also a Vox AC30). The verse cleans are doubled tightly (two positions, one slightly out of tune to widen the track); the chorus opens up into a thick, punchy crunch.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

bridge (Les Paul, warm)

Effects / signal chain

distortion

Tone character

warm classic-rock crunch, dynamic clean-to-big, doubled cleans, thick chorus

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

warm classic-rock crunch (dynamic clean-to-big) distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Feel Like Makin Love sound.

Difficulty

2/5 · Riff

The dynamic swing from clean verse to big chorus is the whole thing; the tone is a warm Les Paul into an Ampeg/Vox — clean for the verse, medium crunch for the chorus.

Level: Beginner-friendly — see more easy guitar songs to play →

Worth knowing

Feel Like Makin Love lives on dynamics — a warm, doubled CLEAN verse into a big, thick power-chord CRUNCH chorus. A Les Paul (bridge) into an Ampeg V-4 or Vox AC30. Medium gain for the chorus, roll back for the verse; warm, not bright or high-gain.
Use a warm Les Paul/humbucker into a medium crunch; clean up (guitar volume down) for the verse, dig in for the big chorus. Double the clean parts to widen them.
Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Feel Like Makin Love guitar tone — FAQ

What amp settings do I need for the Feel Like Makin Love guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 5, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 5.5, reverb 2. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

What gear was used for the Feel Like Makin Love tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Ampeg V-4 / Vox AC30 — warm clean verse into a big crunchy chorus; distortion.

Can I get the Feel Like Makin Love tone on a different guitar or amp?

Yes. Different guitars and amps need different knob positions to sound the same. GuitarToneAdapt models pickup output and wood brightness, then compensates so you match the record on your own rig.

How do I sound like Bad Company on Feel Like Makin Love — what gear and pedals?

Start with bridge (Les Paul, warm), the amp EQ above (gain 5, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 5.5, reverb 2), and distortion. Then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for the guitar, amp and pedals you actually own so it sits like the record.

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Settings are community-researched estimates, not official. GuitarToneAdapt adapts them to your gear. guitartoneadapt.com