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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Boss Me 25

The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Boss Me 25 with a Vault Superstrat. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

1959 Les Paul replica (Derrig) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers, Marshall JCM800 2203 or Silver Jubilee, Dunlop Cry Baby wah (cocked), MXR Carbon Copy delay

Saturated lead tone with vocal mid-range honk and liquid sustain

Amp settings — Boss Me 25

CHANNELSTACK amp type (Marshall JCM800 model)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01OD/DS (Overdrive/Distortion block on ME-25)

Set to BYPASS or OD with Drive at 0 — amp model provides the gain; this block only boosts if needed for solo sections

Drive 0 · Tone 5 · Level 10

02DELAY block (ME-25)

420ms delay time (Time knob at 4 ≈ 400-450ms on ME-25), 3-4 repeats, subtle mix for depth on leads

Time 4 · Feedback 4 · E.Level 2

Why these settings

Your Vault Superstrat's humbuckers are likely higher-output than Slash's Alnico II Pros, so Gain is set to 7 instead of the original's 8-9 to avoid fizz. The ME-25's STACK amp model replicates the JCM800 voicing; Mid is pushed to 7 (vs original 6) because modeling amps need extra mids to cut through like a cranked tube amp's power section. For the intro arpeggio, roll your tone knob down to 6 and switch to neck pickup.

PRO TIPSlash picks with a hard, downward snap and lets notes ring into each other — don't mute between the intro's string skips. For the solo's vocal quality, use neck pickup with tone at 6, then snap back to bridge pickup at full tone for the final bends.

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