Knocking on heavens door amp settings — Boss GT-1
The Guns n Roses guitar tone for “Knocking on heavens door”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Fender Squire Telecaster. Studio version, Use Your Illusion II (1991) — iconic clean intro/verse tone
Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 amp, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (neck humbucker, Alnico 2), no pedals for clean sections — gain from amp and guitar volume rolled back
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Master | 7 |
01GT-1 Reverb Block (Hall type)
Enable Hall or Room reverb in GT-1 effects section — the studio track has noticeable ambient wash
Slash's neck humbucker Les Paul is darker and warmer than your Tele's single-coil neck pickup. Compensate by rolling tone knob to 4, boosting mid +1, and cutting treble -2 vs a humbucker baseline. Volume at 7 cleans up the edge like Slash's technique. The GT-1 has no physical presence knob — use the amp model's internal EQ.
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