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November Rain amp settings — Marshall Plexi 1959

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Marshall Plexi 1959 with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic outro solo section

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard (Kris Derrig '59 replica, Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / Marshall 1959 Super Lead with studio plate reverb and digital delay

Singing, vocal-like lead tone with warm sustain, rounded highs from neck pickup with rolled tone, and rich Marshall power-amp compression

Amp settings — Marshall Plexi 1959

CHANNELJumpered Inputs (High Treble I + Normal II)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE5 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Digital Delay (e.g. Boss DD-3 / DD-7)

RECOMMENDED — not owned (set to ~400ms quarter note repeat)

E.Level 4 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 6 · Mode 5

02Plate / Hall Reverb

RECOMMENDED — not owned (essential for the cavernous studio outro solo atmosphere)

Decay 6 · Tone 5 · Mix 4

Why these settings

On your non-master Marshall Plexi 1959, jumper channel I into channel II (High Treble Volume at 8, Normal Volume at 6) to blend the low-end fullness with cutting upper mids without modern preamp buzz. Push the mids high and dial treble to 5 so the cranked Plexi power section yields smooth, singing compression instead of harsh top-end bite. Because the Plexi has no onboard reverb, the tone will be dry until you add delay and reverb pedals.

PRO TIPRolling the Les Paul neck pickup tone knob down to precisely 5 removes high-end spike and introduces the famous 'woman tone' vocal quality, allowing aggressive picking to bloom into endless sustain without getting muddy.

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