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Sweet Child of mine amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child of mine”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 (modded by Tim Caswell), 1959 Gibson Les Paul replica with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups, Marshall 1960AX 4x12 with Celestion Greenbacks, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah on solo sections

Thick, warm, vocal-like overdrive with aggressive midrange bark and natural compression — the textbook Les Paul into cranked Marshall sound

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELBritish 80s amp model (closest to JCM800 — labeled '80s British' or 'Metal 2000' on Mustang LT25)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Slash's humbuckers, so I pushed gain +1 (from his ~6 to 7) and dropped treble -2 (from his ~8 to 6) to compensate for the thinner attack. Mids at 8 is critical — the JCM800's mid-forward character defines this tone, and the Mustang's British model replicates it well. Roll your tone knob to 6 to tame the Strat's ice-pick highs and get closer to humbucker warmth.

PRO TIPFor the intro riff, use your neck pickup with the tone rolled down and pick lightly over the fretboard — Slash's vocal quality comes from the neck humbucker's rounded attack combined with his fluid vibrato, not from gain.

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