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November Rain amp settings — Hertz DG-20

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Hertz DG-20 with a Jet Strat HSS. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic 1st and 2nd 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, studio plate reverb and analog delay

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

Amp settings — Hertz DG-20

CHANNELOverdrive / Lead ChannelBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Analog Delay / Boost (e.g. Boss DM-2W or TS9 clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds extra singing sustain and front-end push to the amp

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Hertz DG-20 is an entry-level analog practice amp lacking a presence or onboard reverb control, so the amp's own overdrive channel carries the lead saturation at gain 7. To replicate Slash's warm Les Paul neck pickup response on a brighter Strat neck single-coil, the guitar tone knob is rolled back to 6 and amp treble is kept moderate at 5 while pushing mids to 8. Final outro solo: switch to the bridge humbucker and roll the guitar tone knob back up to 10 for aggressive top-end bite.

PRO TIPSlash achieves the smooth, cello-like 'woman tone' on these solos by picking on the neck pickup with the tone knob rolled down to around 5-6, picking with broad, smooth pick attack rather than aggressive edge angle.

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