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November Rain amp settings — IK Multimedia ToneX Pedal

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a IK Multimedia ToneX Pedal with a Epiphone Les Paul Custom inspired by Gibson custom (caps: 490r and 498t). Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic orchestral solo section

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard (Kris Derrig '59 replica, neck pickup, tone rolled to 5-6) → Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 100W Head (distorted solo) / Marshall 1959 Super Lead modded by Frank Levi (clean sections) → Boss CE-2 Chorus (ballad sections) → studio delay/reverb

Singing, vocal-like lead tone with warm sustain, rounded highs from neck pickup with tone rolled back, lush reverb and delay trails, mid-forward with smooth compression

Amp settings — IK Multimedia ToneX Pedal

CHANNELSilver Jubilee 2555 model (or closest Marshall Plexi/JCM800 variant available in ToneX library)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	7
Reverb	4
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01ToneX Internal Delay Block

Set delay time around 300-350ms, moderate feedback for lush trails without mud

Time 3 · Feedback 4 · Mix 5

02ToneX Internal Reverb Block

Hall reverb type, spacious but not washy — the studio version has clear ambience

Decay 5 · Mix 5 · Tone 7

03ToneX Internal Chorus Block (optional)

Subtle chorus for the clean/ballad intro sections only — bypass for main solo

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Mix 4

Why these settings

Your Epiphone's 498T/490R pickups are hotter and slightly brighter than Slash's PAF-style '59 replica, so I dropped treble by 1 from the original 7 to 6 and kept presence at 7 rather than 8 to avoid ice-pick highs. The ToneX Jubilee model will nail the compressed, mid-rich saturation of the original — the key is rolling your tone knob to 6 and using the neck pickup to get that vocal, singing quality Slash is famous for on this solo.

PRO TIPSlash's secret on this solo is the rolled-back tone knob combined with neck pickup — it removes the brittle high frequencies and lets the mids sing. Also, use your volume knob at 8 instead of 10 to clean up the attack slightly and add touch sensitivity, then dig in harder on the sustained bends for that crying vocal quality.

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