November Rain (Piano Version / 1986 Sound City Session) amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain (Piano Version / 1986 Sound City Session)”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL40CR with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Piano Version / 1986 Sound City Session (Appetite for Destruction demo sessions)
Marshall JCM800 2203 / modded Marshall Plexi + 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
The 1986 Sound City demo features Slash's raw, mid-heavy Marshall crunch before the polished studio production of the 1991 album version. On the DSL40CR, Classic Gain in Crunch mode matches this vintage Marshall breakup without the fizzy high-gain compression of Ultra Gain. Because your Squier Strat single coils are naturally brighter and thinner than Slash's Alnico II humbuckers, rolling the guitar tone down to 6, cutting amp treble/presence, and boosting mids and bass rounds out the neck pickup to recreate his thick, flute-like lead voice.
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