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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) — intro riff and lead

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Standard Replica (Kris Derrig) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups into modded Marshall (SIR Stock #39 / Silver Jubilee) and 4x12 Celestion Vintage 30 cab

Warm, mid-forward, singing neck-pickup lead with rounded highs and rich Marshall saturation

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELOD1 (ISF set fully clockwise at 10 for British Marshall voicing)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The ID:Core 20 V3 uses a single ISF EQ knob instead of separate bass/mid/treble controls, so ISF is set fully clockwise (10) to deliver British Marshall mid-punch. Using the OD1 voice provides authentic JCM800 preamp saturation without excess fizz. Rolling the guitar's tone knob down compensates for the ceramic Jackson pickups to match Slash's warm Alnico II neck response. For the heavier bridge-pickup outro solo, switch pickup position to bridge and push tone to 10.

PRO TIPSlash's signature 'woman tone' on the intro comes directly from picking over the neck pickup with the guitar tone rolled back halfway, softening the attack while retaining singing sustain.

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