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Paradise City amp settings — Zoom G3Xn

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Paradise City”, dialed in for a Zoom G3Xn with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — main distorted riff/verse tone

Original rig

1986 Kris Derrig Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) -> Marshall JCM800 2203 (modded #34 / SIR Stock #39) -> Marshall 1960A 4x12 (Celestion Vintage 30 / G12M)

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

Amp settings — Zoom G3Xn

CHANNELMS 800 (Marshall JCM800 model) + MS4x12 Cab blockBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Zoom G3Xn: Booster / EP Boost block

Clean preamp push in front of the MS 800 model to tighten pick attack and mimic the modded front-end

Gain 2 · Bass 5 · Treble 5 · Volume 7

02Zoom G3Xn: Room / Hall Reverb block

Placed after the amp block to capture room ambience from the Sound City studio tracking

Decay 3 · Tone 5 · Mix 2

Why these settings

The Yamaha Pacifica 112V bridge humbucker has a slightly brighter, higher-output ceramic voicing compared to Slash's warmer Alnico II Pro humbuckers, so the tone knob is pulled back to 8 to round off harsh top-end sizzle. The Zoom G3Xn's MS 800 model provides the core modded JCM800 British crunch, with the midrange pushed to 7 to deliver Slash's signature vocal roar. Clean intro: roll guitar volume back to 4 or switch to neck pickup.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge with heavy downstrokes to get the percussive bite of the main riff, and tune down one half-step to Eb standard (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) to match the record's string tension and resonance.

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