Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Fender Champion 10
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 10 with a PRS SE Custom 24. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff and lead
Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro) into S.I.R. modded Marshall (Stock #39/#36) / Silver Jubilee 2555 with studio digital delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01M-VAVE Cube Baby (Amp Block)
Select the Marshall/British high-gain amp model (LED position 6) to deliver Slash's modded JCM800 crunch directly into the clean Fender.
02M-VAVE Cube Baby (Delay Block)
Dial in subtle dotted-eighth/slight ambient studio delay to recreate the Roland SRV-2000 space.
The M-VAVE Cube Baby acts as the primary gain and preamp source using its British Marshall model, keeping the Champion clean with gain down to avoid double-gain muddiness. Mid and presence are set to null because the Champion practice amp features only Bass and Treble controls. The PRS 85/15 'S' pickups are slightly brighter than Slash's Alnico II Pro humbuckers, so the guitar tone knob is rolled back to 7 on the neck pickup to capture that round, flute-like intro sustain. For the bridge pickup solo section, switch to bridge pickup and roll tone up to 10.
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