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sweet child o' mine amp settings — flatsons fba-10

The guns n' roses guitar tone for “sweet child o' mine”, dialed in for a flatsons fba-10 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — intro riff tone

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro) into modded Marshall JCM800 (S.I.R. Stock #39) / Silver Jubilee 2555

Smooth, singing British crunch with a vocal, rounded top end and pushed upper midrange

Amp settings — flatsons fba-10

CHANNELDistortion / Drive switch ONBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Treble	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE5 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Guv'nor / Bluesbreaker style OD or Boss SD-1

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; will add warm Marshall mid-compression and sustain

Drive 6 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Flatsons FBA-10 is a compact mini-amp with only Gain, Tone/Treble, and Bass knobs, so mid, presence, and reverb are omitted. To mimic Slash's fat humbucker tone on a bright single-coil Strat, roll the guitar tone knob down to 5 and cut the amp's high frequencies to smooth out the Stratocaster's bite. The amp's drive switch is engaged with gain at 7 to capture the singing sustain of the original cranked JCM800.

PRO TIPSlash achieves that signature fluty 'woman tone' intro by using his neck pickup with the tone control rolled about halfway down, picking fluidly over the neck rather than near the bridge.

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