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November Rain amp settings — Yamaha THR10II

The Guns And Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Yamaha THR10II with a Washburn X11. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic first/second melodic solos

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Replica (Kris Derrig) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups into Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / JCM800 2203 with 4x12 cab, subtle digital delay and plate reverb

Warm, singing vocal lead with fat low-mids and smooth sustain

Amp settings — Yamaha THR10II

CHANNELLead amp type (Marshall-style high gain crunch)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	6
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Yamaha THR10II 'Lead' model captures the classic hot-rodded British Marshall stack tone without requiring external overdrive. We push the mid control to 8 to replicate Slash's signature vocal midrange punch and keep treble moderate so the small desktop speakers don't sound harsh. The Washburn X11 neck humbucker rolled back to 7 on the tone knob replicates the rounded 'woman tone' attack of Derrig's Alnico II humbuckers.

PRO TIPSwitch to the neck humbucker and roll your guitar tone control down to around 7; pick softly over the fretboard with wide, slow finger vibrato on the sustained bends to get the solo's flute-like singing resonance.

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