Sweet child amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR
The Guns and roses guitar tone for “Sweet child”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL40CR with a Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica (Alnico II humbuckers, neck pickup) → Marshall Super Lead 1959 / Silver Jubilee 2555 → Marshall 1960 4x12
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
Your SRV Strat's single coils are brighter and lower-output than Slash's Les Paul humbuckers, so I pushed mids to 8 (vs original 7) to compensate for the Strat's natural scoop, dropped treble to 5 (vs 7) to tame the Strat's ice-pick highs, and reduced bass to 4 to prevent the DSL's low-end from getting flubby with single coils. Gain dropped from 8 to 6 because the DSL40CR's Ultra Gain channel runs hotter than a vintage Super Lead. Rolling tone to 6 mimics the 'woman tone' warmth Slash used on the intro and solo.
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