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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff and lead

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro) into modded Marshall (S.I.R. Stock #39/36) / Silver Jubilee 2555, Roland SRV-2000 digital delay

Warm, singing mid-forward British crunch with rolled-off top end and vocal sustain

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELSuper Crunch (ISF set fully clockwise / 10 for British Marshall voicing)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Reverb	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Delay (Analogue Delay Mode)

Engage built-in delay block set to moderate repeats for studio lead space

Time 5 · Level 4

Why these settings

The ID:Core 20 V3 relies on its EQ knob functioning as the patented ISF control rather than a standard 3-band EQ, so set ISF fully clockwise to replicate Slash's mid-forward British Marshall stack. Use the Super Crunch voice to dial in singing saturation without modern fuzz. Rolling the JS22's neck pickup tone knob back to 6 softens the hotter ceramic humbucker to mimic the warm, rounded Alnico II flute-like attack. For the aggressive bridge solo sections later in the song, switch to the bridge pickup with the tone knob opened back to 10.

PRO TIPSlash achieves the iconic vocal 'woman tone' attack on this riff by using the neck pickup with the tone rolled down slightly and picking each note with a light, fluid touch near the fretboard.

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