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sweet child o mine amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The guns n roses guitar tone for “sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic opening intro & lead tone

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) into Marshall JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee / modded JCM800 (S.I.R. Stock #34/36), Roland SRV-2000 digital reverb/delay

Warm, singing mid-focused 'woman tone' with vocal neck-pickup warmth and moderate British crunch

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELBritish 80s amp modelBRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	7
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Fender Mustang LT25 lacks a presence knob on its faceplate, so mid and treble must carry the vocal definition on the onboard 'British 80s' JCM800 model. Single coils on the Squier Strat require rolling the tone knob down to 7 and boosting bass and mids to replicate the thick, warm sustain of Slash's Alnico II humbuckers. Onboard digital delay and spring reverb within the LT25 patch provide the subtle room depth heard on the record.

PRO TIPSlash plays the entire intro riff on the neck humbucker with the guitar tone control rolled back to soften the top-end attack; pick smoothly right over the neck pickup to capture that fluid, flute-like response.

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