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Paradise City amp settings — Marshall DSL20HR

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Paradise City”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL20HR with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica with PAF-style humbuckers → modified Marshall JMP 1959 Super Lead 100W (Tim Caswell mod) → subtle studio chorus on intro

Thick, mid-forward crunch with singing sustain; clean intro has shimmery chorus widening, main riff is punchy with upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Marshall DSL20HR

CHANNELUltra Gain (Green/Crunch mode)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tone City Mandragora

Use as a lead boost for solos; leave OFF for rhythm sections. Kick on for the main solo to push the DSL into singing sustain.

Gain 3 · Tone 6 · Volume 7

Why these settings

Your DSL20HR is closer to a JCM800 than the original modded Plexi, so I pulled treble down 1 notch (6 vs original 7) to tame the DSL's tighter high-end bite. Mid stays high at 7 to capture Slash's honky vocal quality. The DSL's Ultra Gain channel in Crunch mode (green) nails the saturated-but-not-fizzy territory without needing the Classic Gain channel's looser feel.

PRO TIPFor the clean intro, stay on the same amp settings but switch to neck pickup and roll your guitar volume to 6—the DSL cleans up beautifully this way and mimics how Slash achieved the intro without a channel switch. Add a touch of chorus if you have one later; otherwise the slight room verb handles the width.

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