The Still of the Night by Whitesnake guitar tone is built on a Marshall JCM800, dialed in at gain 7/10, bass 6, mid 5, treble 7, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.
🎛️ These settings are for the original rig — re-dial them for YOUR amp in 10 seconds. Free, no signup →Measured against the 1310 tones in our researched catalog: Gain 7 sits above the catalog average (5.3) — a hotter, more saturated take than most catalog tones; mids at 5 are right around average (5.9).
Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Standard · Amp: Marshall JCM800
Bridge pickup
Gibson Les Paul Standard → Marshall JCM800
high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Still of the Night sound.
Set your amp to roughly: gain 7, bass 6, mid 5, treble 7, presence 6, reverb 2. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.
Original gear/effects: Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Standard · Amp: Marshall JCM800.
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.
Start with Bridge pickup, the amp EQ above (gain 7, bass 6, mid 5, treble 7, presence 6, reverb 2). Then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for the guitar, amp and pedals you actually own so it sits like the record.
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