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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Lekato Me02p

The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Lekato Me02p with a Clifton Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff / lead tone

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro neck humbucker) + Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / modded Marshall JCM800 + Roland SRV-2000 digital delay

Warm, singing mid-forward British lead overdrive with rolled-off treble and smooth sustain

Amp settings — Lekato Me02p

CHANNELMarshall JCM-style high-gain amp model + 4x12 Greenback cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive Block (TS/OD)

Clean boost to add sustain and tighten front-end response into the British amp model

Drive 2 · Tone 4 · Level 8

02Digital Delay Block

Post-amp/FX block set around 380-400ms for subtle studio stereo spread

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

Slash used an Alnico II neck humbucker with the tone control dialed back on a warm, cranked Marshall Jubilee. Compensate for the Clifton Stratocaster's brighter single-coil pickup by keeping the guitar tone knob at 6 and pushing the amp mids to 8. The Lekato ME02P's internal TS-style drive block acts as a mild push to provide the fluid singing sustain of the original humbucker rig without needing external pedals. Outro solo: flip pickup selector to bridge and open tone knob to 10.

PRO TIPPick right over the edge of the neck pickup using a heavy pick and dig in with a slight thumb touch for the smooth, flute-like vocal bloom that defines the opening arpeggios.

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