Sweet child o' mine amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Axl rose guitar tone for “Sweet child o' mine”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — intro and signature lead tone
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / modded JCM800 with Roland SRV-2000 digital delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
01Mooer PE100 (Marshall Amp Model / Drive Block)
Set amp/drive block to a British/Marshall stack model (PLX or UK 800) into amp front input
02Mooer PE100 (Digital Delay Block)
Approx 425ms delay, 3 repeats, low wet mix (run direct into amp input)
The Blues Junior IV is an inherently bright, scooped American-voiced tube amp, so its own preamp is set clean (gain 3, fat switch off) to let the Mooer PE100 provide the Marshall-style British saturation. The Blues Jr's treble is rolled down to 4 and mids pushed to 7, combined with rolling your Strat's neck tone knob to 6, which prevents single-coil piercing and recreates Slash's warm, vocal neck-humbucker 'woman tone'. Switch to the bridge pickup with tone wide open for the rhythm sections.
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