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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 American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) - Intro riff & signature lead

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) into Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 / modded JCM800 (Roland SRV-2000 digital delay in studio)

Smooth, vocal, mid-focused neck humbucker lead tone with warm sustain and rolled-off highs

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	4
Reverb	3
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor / Bluesbreaker-style OD

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds authentic British saturation and compression to a clean Fender amp platform

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

02Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; set around 380-400ms for the iconic intro bounce

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Blues Junior lacks a presence knob and naturally scoops mids, so the 'FAT' boost is engaged with mid pushed to 8 to emulate a cranked Marshall. Treble is dialed down to 4 on the amp and tone to 6 on your Strat's neck single-coil to fatten the attack and mimic Slash's warm Alnico II humbucker. With the recommended overdrive pedal added later, switch the amp's FAT boost off, drop amp gain to 3, and let the pedal generate the core British crunch.

PRO TIPPick lightly over the 21st fret area instead of near the bridge; hitting the string over the sweet-spot harmonic node softens the transient attack and produces the flute-like liquid sustain of the original intro.

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