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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Carlsbro KICK Start

The guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Carlsbro KICK Start with a Peavy AT-200. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard (1959 replica) → Marshall JCM800 2203 → Marshall 1960 4x12 with Celestion Vintage 30s. Neck pickup, tone rolled to ~6-7. Studio room reverb, no pedals for the main riff tone.

Thick, warm, vocal-like overdrive with aggressive midrange bark and natural compression from a cranked British amp

Amp settings — Carlsbro KICK Start

CHANNELOverdrive (if available) or single channel driven hard

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Zoom G1X Four - MS800 (JCM800 model)

Use the MS800 amp model on the Zoom to emulate the JCM800. Run amp relatively clean and let the Zoom provide the Marshall voicing.

Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Middle 7 · Treble 5 · Presence 6 · Level 7

02Zoom G1X Four - Hall Reverb

Subtle studio room ambience — keep mix low

Mix 2 · Decay 4 · Tone 5

Why these settings

The Carlsbro Kick Start is a practice amp without the mid-forward British voicing of a JCM800, so the Zoom G1X Four's MS800 model is doing the heavy lifting here. Set the Carlsbro to a clean, neutral setting (gain low, EQ flat around 5) and use it as a power amp for the Zoom's amp modeling. The Peavey AT-200 has humbuckers similar to a Les Paul, so no major compensation needed there — just roll the tone knob to 6 to get that darker, vocal quality Slash uses on the intro.

PRO TIPSlash's vibrato is wide and slow — practice shaking from the wrist, not the fingers, and let each note breathe before applying it. The tone is half technique.

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