Night Train amp settings — Vox AD100VT
The Guns N Roses guitar tone for “Night Train”, dialed in for a Vox AD100VT with a Gretsch G5220 Electromatic. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — main rhythm/intro riff
1959 Kris Derrig Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into a modified Marshall 1959 Super Lead (S.I.R. Stock #39 / Tim Caswell modded) with Celestion Vintage 30s
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
The Vox AD100VT is a modeling hybrid, so select the 'UK 80s' model (Marshall JCM800 voicing) to capture the hot-rodded Marshall crunch. The Gretsch Broad'Tron pickups have a bit more upper-mid chime and lower output punch than Slash's Alnico II humbuckers, so mids are pushed to 7 with treble kept bright at 7 to capture the sharp bite of the opening riff. The AD100VT lacks a dedicated presence knob on its faceplate, so presence is null.
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