Sweet Child O' Mine SOLO amp settings — Fender Champion 40
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine SOLO”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version solo, Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro) into S.I.R. Stock #36 modded Marshall Super Lead (1959T / modded by Frank Levi) + Dunlop Cry Baby wah
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
01Klon Centaur
Used as the main high-gain drive stage into the clean voiced channel
02Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95 Wah
RECOMMENDED — not owned (essential for the fast wah climax in the second half of the solo)
Because the Klon is pushed for thick solo saturation, the Champion 40 is set low on gain (2) on its British clean-edge voice to avoid muddy double-gain stacking. The Champion 40 lacks a physical mid and presence control, so we compensate for Slash's mid-heavy Marshall response by balancing Bass at 7 and Treble at 5 while rolling the guitar tone down slightly. Your Ibanez ceramic neck humbucker is hotter and brighter than Slash's Alnico II pickups, so backing the guitar tone knob to 7 rounds off the high-end bite into that signature creamy flute-like lead.
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