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November Rain amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20R

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-20R with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic 1st and 2nd guitar solos

Original rig

1987 Gibson Les Paul Standard (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers, neck pickup) into a modded Marshall JCM800 2203 / Silver Jubilee 2555 head, Celestion 4x12 cab, studio plate reverb and delay

Singing, warm, mid-heavy vocal lead tone with thick sustain and rolled-off top end

Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20R

CHANNELOverdrive Channel (Channel Select ON)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds smooth sustain and tightens the front end

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The HB-20R has a smaller 8-inch speaker and an analog solid-state overdrive circuit, so gain is pushed to 7 on the Overdrive channel to replicate the singing sustain of Slash's cranked Marshall. Midrange is pushed high to recreate the thick vocal cut, while treble is kept at 5 and the guitar's neck tone knob rolled to 6 to emulate Slash's warm 'woman tone' without solid-state fizz. If you add the recommended SD-1 pedal later, run the amp on clean with gain at 3 and use the pedal for saturation. Fast outro solo switch: flip guitar pickup switch to bridge and open tone knob to 10.

PRO TIPSlash's singing flute-like tone comes entirely from the neck humbucker with the tone pot rolled down to around 6; dig in with aggressive, wide, and even vibrato to maintain sustain on long bent notes.

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