Sweet child o mine amp settings — Positive grid Spark 2
The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Positive grid Spark 2 with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — matching the iconic intro lead riff
1959 Les Paul replica (Kris Derrig build with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) + Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / modded JCM800 + studio digital delay/reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 6 |
01Digital Delay (Spark onboard FX)
Spark onboard delay block set to ~420ms with low mix
The Spark 2 is a digital modeling amp, so we select its British Silver Jubilee amp model to emulate Slash's core Marshall stack. Because the Squier Telecaster single-coil neck pickup is significantly thinner and brighter than Slash's Alnico II humbuckers, amp treble is softened to 5, midrange is pushed to 7, and the guitar tone knob is rolled back to 6 to dial in the round, vocal 'woman tone' intro. The Spark 2 panel lacks a physical presence knob, so presence is nulled, and the onboard delay block handles the studio ambience.
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