B.B. King

The Thrill Is Gone guitar tone settings.

Completely Well · 1969 · Blues

Explore The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King: an example rig, amp settings and playing tips. Adapt the reference to your own supported gear with Amper.

Completely Well — B.B. King album artwork — Album artwork · B.B. King / Apple Music ↗

RECREATION

Blues lead

Clear, singing notes near the edge of breakup.

In your hands

Use short phrases and expressive vibrato rather than excess gain.

Evidence and sources

Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or arrangement. Gain, EQ, pickup and effect choices are authored starting points, not documented artist settings or a verified recording rig. No track-specific recording evidence is claimed for this profile. Listening validation on physical gear is pending.

Reference tone

FREE TO EXPLORE

An authored example rig, not your matched settings or a documented artist preset.

Les Paul Standard '60s→RV-6 Reverb→Champion 40

guitar · Gibson

Les Paul Standard '60s

3-way toggleNeck humbuckerWhy this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Neck volume10Why this setting?

Set pickup output here. Both volumes stay available so the middle selector position is not accidentally muted.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Neck pickup output.

Bridge volume10Why this setting?

Set pickup output here. Both volumes stay available so the middle selector position is not accidentally muted.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bridge pickup output.

Neck tone8Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Neck treble roll-off.

Bridge tone8Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bridge treble roll-off.

pedal · BOSS

RV-6 Reverb

E.Level2Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Reverb output amount.

Tone6Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Reverb tone; algorithm-dependent.

Time3Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Reverb duration; algorithm-dependent.

ModeHallWhy this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Effect footswitchOnWhy this setting?

Engage this selected pedal for this section; match the bypassed loudness.

Use INPUT A and OUTPUT A for normal mono dry-plus-reverb sound. Do not use Input B alone, which produces wet-only output.

amp · Fender

Champion 40

CH SelectChannel 1Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Volume 12Why this setting?

Start with output at minimum, then raise toward this low starting position to suit your room; knob position is not loudness.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Clean channel output.

Treble6Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Treble EQ.

Bass4Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bass EQ.

FX Level0Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Selected effect amount.

FX SelectOffWhy this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Choose the indicated voice and effect labels on the panel. FX Level controls the combined effect mix; this plan chooses one available effect or documented combination.

Know the limits

Editorial recreation; these settings have not been listening-tested on your setup.
Champion 40 lacks separate middle controls; the target EQ cannot be matched independently.
Pickup output, speakers, room, and studio layering remain differences; the numeric mapping is not an acoustic calibration.
This plan uses full humbuckers; a single-coil reference remains a pickup-type compromise.
Hall is an editorial ambience choice; exact recorded reverb type and decay are not stored.
Champion effect timing and mix are approximate starting points; its single FX selector cannot provide every requested effect simultaneously.

These are Amper recreation settings, not the artist’s exact knob positions. The example rig translates this named part’s stored gain, EQ, pickup and effect targets into verified hardware controls. Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or arrangement. Gain, EQ, pickup and effect choices are authored starting points, not documented artist settings or a verified recording rig. No track-specific recording evidence is claimed for this profile. Listening validation on physical gear is pending.