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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Boston GA-15R

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Boston GA-15R with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — matching the iconic neck-pickup intro riff

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into modded Marshall JCM800 (S.I.R. Stock #39) / Silver Jubilee 2555, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, studio Roland SRV-2000 delays

Smooth, singing British crunch with a vocal, rounded top end and pushed upper midrange

Amp settings — Boston GA-15R

CHANNELOverdrive channel (Drive button pressed in)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor / Bluesbreaker Style Overdrive

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds authentic Marshall-style saturation and harmonic bloom to small solid-state practice amps

Gain 6 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Boston GA-15R is a compact 15W solid-state practice amp with a 3-band EQ and onboard spring reverb, lacking a dedicated presence control. To capture Slash's warm, vocal lead line on the Ibanez RG550's hotter V7 neck humbucker, keep the amp's treble moderate at 5 and roll the guitar's neck tone knob down to 7. Push the midrange to 7 on the amp's drive channel to approximate the focused, biting JCM800 midrange push. For the bridge pickup solo section, simply flick your pickup selector to the bridge position and roll the guitar tone control up to 10.

PRO TIPSlash's signature liquid intro tone relies heavily on the neck pickup with the tone knob slightly rolled off (around 6-7) to shave off high-end fizz, letting pick attack stay round and flute-like across the octave jumps.

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