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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — intro riff and main leads

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Standard Replica (Kris Derrig build) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers into a modded Marshall JCM800 / Silver Jubilee head and 4x12 cab

Warm, mid-forward, singing neck-pickup lead with rounded highs and rich Marshall saturation

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	4
Reverb	2
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor / Plexi-style Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; run direct into amp input with FAT switch off and amp gain lowered to 2-3

Gain 7 · Bass 6 · Mid 8 · Treble 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

To emulate Slash's cranked Marshall crunch on a Fender Blues Junior, the FAT boost switch is engaged with amp gain pushed high, while the mid control is pushed up and treble rolled back to offset the naturally scooped, glassy Fender voicing. On a single-coil Strat, rolling the neck pickup tone knob down to around 6 is crucial to fatten the thin top end and replicate the thick, flute-like response of Slash's neck humbucker. For the high-energy outro solo, switch the guitar pickup selector to the bridge position.

PRO TIPPick with the rounded edge or shoulder of a heavy pick right over the 15th-17th fret zone rather than near the bridge; this dampens string scratch and creates the smooth, violin-like attack heard on the opening melody.

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