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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Hertz dz 20 Amp

The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Hertz dz 20 Amp with a Ibanez Grg121dx. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into a modded Marshall JCM800 / Silver Jubilee 2555 with cocked Cry Baby wah and Roland SRV-2000 digital delay

Warm, singing vocal neck-pickup crunch with rolled-off highs and thick upper-mid honk

Amp settings — Hertz dz 20 Amp

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Squeak (ProCo Rat Clone)

Used as primary Marshall-style crunch source; adjust Filter to tame high-end fizz

Distortion 4 · Filter 6 · Volume 6

Why these settings

The Hertz DZ-20 is a basic solid-state practice amp with limited tube emulation, so your Squeak (Rat clone) is designated as the primary gain stage to replicate the modded Marshall saturation. Following the double-gain rule, the amp is kept on Clean with gain low (2) and mids pushed (7) to capture Slash's mid-forward character. Presence is nulled because the Hertz DZ-20 does not feature a presence control on its faceplate.

PRO TIPSlash's signature 'woman tone' on this riff relies heavily on keeping the neck pickup selected while rolling your guitar's tone knob down to roughly 6, smoothing out attack and pushing the vocal midrange.

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