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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Boss Katana-50 gen 3

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Boss Katana-50 gen 3 with a Ibanez Ss140-rd stagestar. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

1977 Marshall Super Lead 1959 (100W, modded by Frank Levi/Glenn Buckley), Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro bridge humbucker, Roland SRV-2000 delay

Crunchy mid-forward rhythm with singing sustain and articulate pick attack

Amp settings — Boss Katana-50 gen 3

CHANNELBrownBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	6
Reverb	0

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Brown channel emulates the cranked Marshall Super Lead voicing. Your Ibanez has hotter ceramic humbuckers vs the original's low-output Alnico IIs, so gain drops from 8 to 7 to prevent mud. Mid pushed to 8 because the Katana's Brown voice is slightly scooped vs a real plexi; bass cut to 5 compensates for the Ibanez's thicker low-end response.

PRO TIPTune to Eb standard and attack the strings right over the bridge pickup pole pieces for that snappy, defined pick articulation Slash gets on the iconic intro riff.

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