[jtkung]

Wow -- her rendition of Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover is the closest thing I have heard to the master himself -- both in tone and note precision. Incredible!


I tried to get the settings of how she gets this tone from the video.  The echo and reverb are in the effects loop of the Suhr Hedgehog. And the 2x12 Suhr cab has Celestion G12-65s in it.

Suhr Classic Pro Bridge --> TC Dark Matter --> Suhr Hedgehog 50--> Suhr 2x12 --> 2 mics (large condenser)
Effects loop: Alter Ego --> HOF Reverb

Suhr
Bridge pickup

Dark Matter
Gain = max
Level = 10a
Bass = 10a
Treble = 8-9a
Voice = down

Alter Ego
Time = 2p
Level = 10a
Feedback = noon
Type - CKAT (Watkins copykat)

HOF Reverb
Decay = 10a
Tone = 2p
FX Level = 10a
Type = PLATE

Suhr Hedgehog 50
Controls going left to right
Presence = 9a
Level = 9a
Drive = 9a
Level = 10a
Bass = 11a
Middle = 11a
Treble = 9-10a
Volume = 9-10a

Note how the treble and bass settings are never really past noon.  With the treble usually cut more than the bass. This is the secret on how EJ gets such a smooth violin-like  tone. By using a pickup that has lots of treble, then boosting it a lot into distortion stages that dial back the treble. This is evident if you look at the tone controls of his lead channel and effects signal chain. The tube driver has the bass EQ maxed out, with the treble relatively low. And the '68 100W Plexi has the treble at ZERO! With the volume nearly maxed out...