Sweet child o' mine amp settings — Fender Champion 20
The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o' mine”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) intro and lead tone
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) into Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / modded JCM800 with Roland SRV-2000 digital delay and cocked Dunlop Cry Baby
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 4 |
The Fender Champion 20 is a modeling amp without a physical mid or presence knob, so select the British voice to emulate Slash's Marshall crunch. Because a Stratocaster's single coils are naturally brighter and thinner than a Les Paul's humbuckers, set treble to 4 on the amp and roll your guitar tone down to 6 to capture the thick, vocal woman tone of the intro. Gain is set to 7 to give single coils sufficient saturation and sustain without an external overdrive.
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