November Rain amp settings — Marshall DSL20HR
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL20HR with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic outro solo
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro neck pickup, tone rolled to ~5) into Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 head, Boss CE-2 (for clean ballad parts), studio plate reverb and digital delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
01Digital Delay Pedal (e.g., Boss DD-3 / DD-8)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run in FX loop)
The Marshall DSL20HR Ultra Gain channel provides the singing Marshall sustain of the Silver Jubilee directly without pedals. The V7 neck pickup on the RG550 is slightly brighter than Slash's Alnico II Pro humbuckers, so rolling the guitar's tone knob down to 5 and pulling the amp's Treble and Presence down rounds off the highs into Slash's signature 'woman tone'. Set the DSL20HR's Resonance knob to 5 to give the solo the low-end punch of a 4x12 cab. For the clean ballad intro, switch to the Classic Gain channel and select the middle+neck split position.
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