sweet child o mine amp settings — Orange Crush 20
The Gun N' Roses guitar tone for “sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Stagg Telecaster Stagg Set Plus Nat. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) → Marshall Super Lead 1959 / JCM800 2204 cranked
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 6 |
01Overdrive pedal (TS-style)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. A Boss SD-1 or Joyo Vintage Overdrive ($30) would add the sustain and midrange push your single-coils need to approximate humbucker saturation. Without this, crank amp gain to 10 and accept a thinner result.
Your Tele's single coils are bright and low-output vs Slash's hot humbuckers, so I cut treble from 7→5 and pushed mids from 7→8 to compensate for the Orange Crush's naturally warm voicing losing that Marshall midrange bark. Bass dropped from 8→4 because the Crush has thick low-mids that would mud up with Tele bridge frequencies. Gain stays high (8) because you have no pedal boost.
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