The modern ambient worship guitar sound comes down to a few things: a clean amp, a dotted-eighth delay in time with the song, a big modulated reverb, and volume swells so notes bloom in. Here are the researched settings behind 7 worship guitar songs — each adapted to your guitar, amp and pedals.
The ambient worship recipe: low gain, treble up, mids moderate → dotted-eighth delay (≈ song BPM) → lush/modulated reverb → swell notes in with a volume pedal. A transparent overdrive adds grit for the fuller sections.