John Sykes Whitesnake 1987 tone

Discussion in 'Zoom G1on/G1Xon' started by Janet Miedema, Apr 12, 2021.

  1. Janet Miedema

    Janet Miedema New Member

    John Sykes Whitesnake 1987 tone

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    Device: Zoom G1Xon
    Firmware: 1.21

    Name on device: JOHNSYKES
    Optimized for: Guitar Amp

    Effects chain:
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    Patch comments:
    killer tone of John Sykes, based on existing patch but removed VX amp and replaced by Marshall 1959 which is accurate enough I guess. Room reverb replaced by Arena. And I did some small settings mods on the amp, reverb and delay. I use this patch on a Roland Cube30 ( clean channel ), it could sound different on other amps. Patch based on solo of "Looking for love". Probably useful for any solo on WS 1987. Enjoy, any comments welcome.


    Effect: "Booster" (Overdrive / Distortion), active - "yes"
    "Gain" = 80
    "Tone" = 50
    "Level" = 100

    Effect: "OverDrive" (Overdrive / Distortion), active - "yes"
    "Gain" = 25
    "Tone" = 50
    "Level" = 100

    Effect: "MS 1959" (Amp simulators), active - "yes"
    "Gain" = 65
    "Tube" = 50
    "Level" = 100
    "Trebl" = 71
    "Middl" = 85
    "Bass" = 86
    "Prese" = 80
    "CAB" = OFF
    "OUT" = LINE

    Effect: "Arena" (Delay / Reverb), active - "yes"
    "Decay" = 15
    "Tone" = 7
    "Mix" = 76
    "PreD" = 90
    "Level" = 100
    "Tail" = Off

    Effect: "MultiTapD" (Delay / Reverb), active - "yes"
    "Time" = 360
    "PTTRN" = 2
    "Mix" = 4
    "Tone" = 5
    "Level" = 100
    "Tail" = Off

    Patch Volume: 100


    Note: This is a patch file, you will need to download and install the ToneLib-Zoom software to use the patch.
     

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  2. raynere

    raynere New Member

    excellent patch congratulations
     
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  3. Janet Miedema

    Janet Miedema New Member

    Many thanks, I will try to make a patch for John Sykes "Mesa Boogie Coliseum" tone as well. I think he uses this tone on the song "Crying in the rain" and a few others. Anyway my patch for the Marshall amp works very well with "Is this love" and "Looking for love".