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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 Tagima HSS 3.50 Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — intro riff and main lead

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Replica (Kris Derrig) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers into modded Marshall Super Lead (S.I.R. #36), Roland SDE-3000 delay (~425ms), and studio plate reverb

Warm, singing mid-forward woman tone with thick low-mids and vocal sustain

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	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor / High-Gain Marshall-in-a-Box OD

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

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

02Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run direct into amp input, set ~425ms dotted-eighth/quarter note)

Time 5 · Feedback 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Fender Blues Junior has a naturally bright top end and scooped mids compared to Slash's modded Marshall stack, so the Fat boost is engaged with Mid pushed to 8 and Treble pulled down to 4. Since you own no pedals, crank the amp's Volume (gain) to 9 for maximum preamp breakup to sustain the iconic intro. If you acquire a Marshall-style overdrive pedal, switch the Fat switch off, drop amp gain to 3, and let the pedal supply the high-gain compression.

PRO TIPSlash's signature liquid intro tone comes from selecting the neck pickup and rolling the guitar tone knob back to around 7 to shave off pick attack and create a smooth, vocal resonance.

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