November Rain amp settings — Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic outro and main solos
Gibson Les Paul Standard (Kris Derrig replica) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro (neck pickup, tone rolled to ~5-6) -> Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 (Lead channel) -> studio plate reverb and analog delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Master | 7 |
01Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (FX loop, ~400ms quarter note delays for lead sustain)
02Studio Plate Reverb
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (FX loop, lush hall/plate space)
To capture Slash's thick Les Paul neck humbucker tone on a Fender Stratocaster, roll your guitar tone control down to 5 and keep the amp treble and presence moderate. The Marshall SV20H Plexi circuit needs to be pushed hard on Loudness 1 (gain 8) and bridged with Loudness 2 to provide enough power-stage saturation and bottom-end girth without an external boost pedal. If you add delay and reverb later, run them in the SV20H effects loop to prevent time-based effects from smearing before the preamp break-up.
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