🎸 Rock · 2010s

Reckless Love by Cory Asbury (Riff · Clean) — Guitar Tone

by Cory Asbury · riff

The Reckless Love by Cory Asbury guitar tone is built on a Clean amp, dialed in at gain 1.5/10, bass 4, mid 5, treble 6.5, 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)

1.5

GAIN

BASS

MID

6.5

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 1.5 sits well below the rock average (4.8) — cleaner and more dynamic than typical rock; mids at 5 are below average (6.2).

Guitar controls

VOLUME

TONE

Original gear

Amp: Clean amp (bright) — ambient delay & reverb driven

A Bethel-style ambient-worship anthem. Same modern-worship approach: a clean guitar with a dotted-eighth delay and a big modulated reverb (the Strymon "holy trinity" — Timeline/BigSky/Mobius), volume swells so parts bloom in. Bright, atmospheric, pad-like.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

neck (bright, clean, ambient)

Effects / signal chain

delay, reverb

Tone character

ambient clean wash, dotted-eighth delay, modulated reverb, swelling

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

clean, ambient (delay/reverb-driven) distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Reckless Love sound.

Difficulty

3/5 · Riff

Simple parts; the craft is the dotted-eighth delay and volume swells. Clean bright tone, big modulated reverb — let it wash.

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

Worth knowing

This is the modern AMBIENT WORSHIP tone — a clean guitar with a DOTTED-EIGHTH delay (the galloping, rhythmic Strymon Timeline / Boss DD-8 pattern, ~346ms at 130 BPM) feeding a big, MODULATED reverb (Strymon BigSky 'Cloud'/'Bloom' style) for a pad-like wash. Add VOLUME SWELLS (volume pedal or pinky) so notes bloom in with no attack. Almost no gain.
Dial a dotted-eighth delay in time with the song, a long modulated reverb, and swell the notes in. Keep the amp clean and bright; the effects and swells are the whole sound.
Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Reckless Love guitar tone — FAQ

What amp settings do I need for the Reckless Love guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 1.5, bass 4, mid 5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5, reverb 6. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

What gear was used for the Reckless Love tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Clean amp (bright) — ambient delay & reverb driven; delay, reverb.

Can I get the Reckless 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 Cory Asbury on Reckless Love — what gear and pedals?

Start with neck (bright, clean, ambient), the amp EQ above (gain 1.5, bass 4, mid 5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5, reverb 6), and delay, reverb. 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