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Mr. Brownstone (Live) amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Mr. Brownstone (Live)”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender Vintera 60s Stratocaster. Live (Use Your Illusion Tour / Live Era '87-'93), Slash's main rhythm/riff tone

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) -> Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / JCM800 2203 with 4x12 Marshall cabs (Celestion Vintage 30)

Punchy British crunch with aggressive upper-mid bark, tight low end, and cutting high-end bite

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor / Plexi-style Distortion (e.g. Boss ST-2 or JHS Angry Charlie)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds authentic British EL34/Silver Jubilee saturation to the Fender clean platform

Drive 7 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Blues Junior is naturally scooped with a bright 6kHz shelf, so the FAT boost is engaged and Mids are pushed to 8 to mimic the mid-forward Marshall Silver Jubilee. Gain is set high to produce maximum analog preamp breakup from the amp alone, while Treble is pulled back to 5 and the Strat's tone knob rolled to 8 to fatten the single-coil bridge pickup into Les Paul territory. With a dedicated British overdrive/distortion pedal, switch the FAT boost off, set amp Gain to 3, and let the pedal deliver the crunch.

PRO TIPSlash picks aggressively near the bridge saddles using heavy 1.14mm Dunlop Tortex picks; dig into the low-string syncopated muted stabs to generate the signature percussive bite.

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