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Sweet Child o Mine amp settings — IK Multimedia ToneX Pedal

The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child o Mine”, dialed in for a IK Multimedia ToneX Pedal with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff / lead tone

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) + Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / modded JCM800 + Dunlop Cry Baby + Roland SRV-2000 delay

Warm, singing mid-forward British lead overdrive with rolled-off treble and subtle cocked-wah vocal resonance

Amp settings — IK Multimedia ToneX Pedal

CHANNELMarshall Silver Jubilee / Modded JCM800 Lead Amp Model + 4x12 Greenback CabBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Fender Marine Layer Reverb

Set type switch to Hall; subtle studio room ambiance behind the ToneX output

Reverb Time 4 · Damping 5 · Pre-Delay 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

Slash captured the iconic intro using the neck pickup with the tone rolled substantially back into a cranked Marshall mid-range. On your ToneX pedal, choose a Silver Jubilee or hot-rodded 800 lead capture and push the mids to 8 to supply that vocal thickness without harsh bite. Keep your owned RAT bypassed because the ToneX amp capture provides the exact amp-driven saturation naturally.

PRO TIPSlash achieves the singing flute-like quality by picking over the neck pickup with tone dialed back to roughly 4, allowing the heavy upper-mid push of the Marshall to sing without fizzy pick chirp.

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