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Paradise City amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Paradise City”, dialed in for a Vox Pathfinder 10 with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — main distorted rhythm and signature intro riff

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 (modded #36/SIR), 1986 Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Standard replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups), Boss DS-1 (boost)

Crunchy mid-forward British rock crunch with warm nasal bark and cutting presence

Amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

CHANNELOverdrive switch ONBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss SD-1 or Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end and adds authentic JCM800-style mid push

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Vox Pathfinder 10 lacks a dedicated mid knob and presence control, so engaging the onboard Overdrive switch with gain at 7 provides the necessary British crunch. Rolling the treble to 6 and your Les Paul bridge tone knob to 8 tames the Pathfinder's naturally glassy solid-state high end to replicate Slash's warmer, vocal humbucker bite. Clean intro arpeggios: disengage the amp's Overdrive switch and select the neck pickup with tone on 7.

PRO TIPSlash's tone relies heavily on hard, aggressive downpicking near the bridge saddle and Seymour Duncan Alnico II low-output humbuckers—roll your guitar tone knob back slightly to 8 to soften the attack into Slash's signature 'woman tone' bark.

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