🎸 Rock · 2010s

What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship (Riff · Clean) — Guitar Tone

by Hillsong Worship · riff

The What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship guitar tone is built on a Clean amp, dialed in at gain 2/10, bass 4.5, mid 3.5, 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)

GAIN

4.5

BASS

3.5

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 2 sits well below the rock average (4.8) — cleaner and more dynamic than typical rock; mids at 3.5 are well below average (6.2) — a real scoop; it sounds huge alone but can vanish in a band mix.

Guitar controls

VOLUME

TONE

Original gear

Amp: Clean amp, low drive, ample headroom — big lead with lots of reverb

A modern-worship staple. A clean amp with low drive and plenty of headroom (bass 4-5, mids 3-4, treble 6-7). The song moves from an ambient clean to ambient swells to a big lead soaked in reverb; the interlude uses pitch-shifted delays and reverb dimed to 100%. Works with either single-coils or humbuckers.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

neck/bridge (clean, ambient-to-lead)

Effects / signal chain

delay, reverb

Tone character

ambient clean to big lead, scooped & bright, reverb-soaked, soaring

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

clean-to-ambient-lead (reverb-driven) distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the What A Beautiful Name sound.

Difficulty

3/5 · Riff

The dynamic build from ambient clean to soaring lead is the craft; the tone is a clean with scooped mids, treble up, and lots of delay/reverb.

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

Worth knowing

What A Beautiful Name builds from an ambient clean to a big, reverb-soaked lead — a clean amp with low drive, scooped mids (3-4), treble up (6-7), and lots of delay/reverb (pitch-shifted delay + reverb near 100% in the interlude). Keep it clean and let it soar.
Use a clean amp with headroom, scoop the mids a little, treble up, and pile on delay + reverb for the lead; swell into the big parts.
Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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What A Beautiful Name guitar tone — FAQ

What amp settings do I need for the What A Beautiful Name guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 2, bass 4.5, mid 3.5, 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 What A Beautiful Name tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Clean amp, low drive, ample headroom — big lead with lots of reverb; delay, reverb.

Can I get the What A Beautiful Name 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 Hillsong Worship on What A Beautiful Name — what gear and pedals?

Start with neck/bridge (clean, ambient-to-lead), the amp EQ above (gain 2, bass 4.5, mid 3.5, 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