Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Stringberg Sts-100. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into modded Marshall JCM800 (S.I.R. Stock #39) / Silver Jubilee 2555, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, studio Roland SRV-2000 digital delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 6 |
01Cube Baby Delay Block
Set delay time to approximately 300ms for Slash's studio ambient spread
02Cube Baby Reverb Block
Adds subtle room space behind the delay
The Stringberg STS-100 single-coil neck pickup is significantly brighter and thinner than Slash's warm Alnico II humbuckers, so roll the guitar tone knob down to 7 and keep treble at 5 to avoid harshness. We select the Cube Baby's UK 800 amp model with pushed mids at 8 to capture the mid-heavy S.I.R. Marshall bark while letting the onboard analog-style delay provide the iconic space. Solo boost: switch to bridge pickup and roll guitar tone to 10.
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