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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 Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic opening riff & main lead tone

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) into Marshall JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee / modded JCM800 (S.I.R. Stock #34/36) with Roland SRV-2000 digital delay

Warm, singing mid-focused 'woman tone' with vocal neck-pickup warmth and moderate British crunch

Amp settings — Cort Cm15r

CHANNELClean ChannelBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Zoom G1X Four (MS 1959 HW / Marshall 800 Block)

Amp modeling block direct into Cort clean input

Gain 7 · Bass 6 · Middle 7 · Treble 5

02Zoom G1X Four (Delay Block / TapeEcho)

Set to roughly 390ms with subtle repeats

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3

Why these settings

The Zoom G1X Four provides the modded Marshall JCM crunch, so the Cort CM15R is kept completely clean with low gain to prevent muddy double-gain staging. On a bright Squier Strat single-coil, roll the guitar's neck tone knob down to 7 and keep amp treble moderate to emulate the warm, thick Alnico II humbucker 'woman tone'. Note that the Cort CM15R faceplate features only Bass and Treble controls (no Mid or Presence knobs).

PRO TIPSlash's vocal intro tone comes from picking cleanly on the neck pickup with the tone rolled off slightly; pick over the neck pickup area with medium attack rather than digging in hard near the bridge.

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