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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Line 6 Spider

The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul '59 replica (Kris Derrig) → Marshall JCM800 2204 / Silver Jubilee 2555, no pedals for main tone — amp gain only

Thick, warm, mid-forward British crunch with vocal-like singing sustain and natural compression

Amp settings — Line 6 Spider

CHANNELCrunch (closest to JCM800 voicing on Spider)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	1
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Mooer GE100 — Amp Sim Block

Select 'UK 800' or 'Brit Crunch' amp model if using GE100 as primary tone source instead of Spider; bypass if running into Spider's Crunch channel

Amp Type 0 · Gain 6 · Level 7

02Mooer GE100 — Noise Gate

Light gate to tame hum between phrases; Slash's tone was relatively noise-free in studio

Threshold 3 · Decay 4

03Mooer GE100 — Delay

Very subtle slapback — studio ambience, not obvious echo

Time 3 · Feedback 2 · Level 2

Why these settings

The Line 6 Spider's Crunch channel is scoopier and fizzier than a real JCM800, so mids are pushed to 8 (vs original's ~7) to restore that midrange bark. Treble dropped to 6 to cut the Spider's digital harshness. Your Les Paul Modern has hotter pickups than Slash's PAF-style Derrig, so gain stays at 6 rather than 7-8 — the guitar's output handles the rest.

PRO TIPRoll your tone knob down to 6 and use your neck pickup for the intro riff — this is how Slash gets that round, vocal 'woman tone' quality. Pick closer to the neck for even more warmth, and use wide, slow vibrato on sustained notes.

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