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The recording
Still Loving You is the 1983-recorded studio master released on Love at First Sting in 1984, produced by Dieter Dierks. Rudolf Schenker had carried the composition for roughly six to eight years before the band finally rehearsed it, while Matthias Jabs’s arrival on the guitar part helped make the arrangement click. Klaus Meine later wrote the lyrics as a plea to revive a failing relationship. The finished performance grows from restrained arpeggiated/chordal space into a power-ballad climax, with Jabs’s melodic lead serving the song rather than interrupting it. The contrast between Schenker’s foundational rhythm work and Jabs’s singing solo is the recording’s defining guitar architecture.
Signal chain · Solo
Showing the solo gear and shared equipment. Gear marked for the other part is not included.
Original gear
Matthias Jabs Gibson Explorer
Guitar · Matthias Jabs · Solo
Jabs is the featured lead/solo guitarist, and period gear sources associate his mid-1980s recording palette with Explorers, but the sources do not prove that this exact Explorer appears on the released master.
50-watt Marshall amplifier
Amp · Rudolf Schenker and/or Matthias Jabs
Both guitarists document using early-1980s 50-watt Marshalls or a period Marshall 1987 head, but no recording-specific source assigns the amplifier to either exact guitar part on the released track.
4x12 cabinet with Celestion 25-watt speakers
Cabinet · Matthias Jabs
A period gear report attributes this cabinet to Jabs’s 1978 Marshall setup, but does not establish that it was used on the released studio master or distinguish riff from solo.
Alternatives
Practical playing approach
Recreation guidance, not a claim about undocumented studio control positions.
- 1.Clean up your tone for the opening arpeggios, adding subtle chorus or delay if desired.
- 2.Switch to a bridge humbucker and a punchy British-voiced overdrive for the main heavy rhythm sections.
- 3.Ensure your lead vibrato is wide and expressive during the melodic solo bends to match the vocal intensity.
Frequently asked questions
What gear was used for the Still Loving You guitar tone?
The available research points to Matthias Jabs Gibson Explorer into 50-watt Marshall amplifier. The full reported signal chain and evidence links are listed on this page.
Are the original Still Loving You amp settings documented?
Exact historical knob positions are not reliably documented for most recordings. ToneTwin does not publish generated values as studio fact; it creates playable settings only for the amp and pedals a player selects.
How do I recreate the Still Loving You tone on my own gear?
Use the reported pickup, gain character, effects and signal-chain order as the target, then translate that target to your equipment. The matcher models controls for your selected rig rather than copying undocumented studio numbers.
Researched and reviewed by the ToneTwin Research Team.
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