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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Cort CM15R

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Cort CM15R with a Squier Sonic Stratocaster. Studio cut, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff & solos

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro neck humbucker) into rented modified Marshall (SIR Stock #39 / Silver Jubilee 2555), Roland SRV-2000 delays (~425ms), cocked Cry Baby wah

Warm, singing neck-pickup 'woman tone' with Marshall crunch, thick vocal midrange, and subtle ambient delay

Amp settings — Cort CM15R

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Treble	4
Reverb	2
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Mooer GE150 AMP Block (J800 / Marshall JCM800 model)

Set CAB simulation block to 1960 4x12 with V30s; this modeler block acts as your main preamp tone

Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 5

02Mooer GE150 DELAY Block (Digital Delay)

Set delay time to ~425ms with 3 gentle repeats to replicate the studio Roland SRV-2000 ambience

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Cort CM15R lacks a mid control and presence on its faceplate, so it is parked cleanly as a transparent platform while the Mooer GE150 generates the authentic Marshall crunch and 425ms delay. Because you are playing a bright Squier Stratocaster with single-coils instead of Slash's PAF-style neck humbucker, rolling your Strat's tone knob down to 6 and boosting the GE150 midrange is vital to achieve the fat, rounded 'woman tone'. For the bridge rhythm sections later in the song, simply flip to the bridge pickup and roll your guitar tone back up to 10.

PRO TIPSlash's singing flute-like attack on the intro comes entirely from picking cleanly near the neck pickup with the tone rolled down, letting the natural compression of the Marshall carry the sustain rather than over-saturating the gain.

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