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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 Epiphone Les Paul Studio. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — Iconic intro riff & lead tone

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Standard Replica (Kris Derrig build with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) into a modified Marshall 1959T Super Lead (S.I.R. Stock #36 modded by Frank Levi / Glenn Buckley)

Warm, singing vocal lead with high-mid punch and smooth sustain ('Woman Tone')

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (essential to achieve Marshall-style saturation on a clean Fender platform)

Drive 8 · Tone 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Fender Blues Junior IV has a naturally scooped American midrange and bright high-end shelf compared to Slash's cranked, modded Marshall Super Lead. To compensate, mids are pushed to 7, treble is pulled back to 5, and amp gain is kept low at 3 while recommending an overdrive pedal as the primary gain stage to prevent fizzy double-clipping. The Blues Junior IV faceplate lacks a presence control, so presence is omitted.

PRO TIPSwitch strictly to your Les Paul neck pickup and roll the neck tone knob down to 6—this rolled-off top end combined with pick attack creates the iconic vocal 'woman tone' of the intro riff.

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