Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore (Solo · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

The Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore guitar tone is built on a Marshall JTM45 Reissue + 1960B cab, dialed in at gain 6/10, bass 5, mid 7.5, treble 5.5, presence 5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

Amp settings (0–10)

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 54 blues tones in our researched catalog: Gain 6 sits above the blues average (4.6) — a hotter, more saturated take than most blues tones; mids at 7.5 are above average (6.5).

Guitar controls

Original gear

Amp: Marshall JTM45 Reissue + 1960B cab, boosted by a Marshall Guv’nor (mid boost)

Gary Moore played a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (original PAFs) on the NECK pickup into a Marshall JTM45, boosted by a Marshall Guv’nor pedal with the mids pushed both at the pedal and the amp. The result is a gloriously thick, singing, mid-rich lead — close to Clapton’s "woman tone".

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

neck (PAF humbucker, thick & singing)

Effects / signal chain

overdrive, reverb

Tone character

thick singing lead, mid-boosted, creamy sustain, woman-tone-like

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

thick mid-boosted singing blues lead distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Still Got the Blues sound.

Difficulty

4/5 · Solo

The crying, vocal phrasing is the challenge; the tone is a neck-pickup Les Paul into a mid-boosted Marshall — thick, creamy, singing.

Level: Intermediate — see more intermediate guitar songs →

Worth knowing

• Still Got the Blues is a thick, MID-boosted singing lead — a Les Paul NECK pickup (PAF humbucker) into a Marshall JTM45 with a mid-pushing overdrive (Guv’nor). Push the mids hard (~7.5), roll treble back a touch, medium gain. Creamy, vocal, "woman-tone"-like.
• Neck humbucker, push the mids way up, a mid-boosting overdrive into a cranked Marshall-style amp, treble slightly back. Aim for thick, creamy, singing sustain.
• Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Sources

• Gary Moore’s Still Got the Blues Tone — Guitar World
• How to Sound Like Gary Moore — Happy Bluesman
• Gary Moore Still Got the Blues Amp — My Les Paul

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