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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — intro riff and main leads

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Standard Replica (Kris Derrig build) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers into a rented SIR modded Marshall JCM800 / 1987 Silver Jubilee with 4x12 Marshall cab

Warm, mid-forward, singing neck-pickup lead with rounded highs and rich Marshall saturation

Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

CHANNELAMP Type 6 (Marshall JCM-style high-gain model) + Greenback 4x12 CAB IRBRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank G Onboard Delay Block

Set for subtle warm studio slap/echo (~350ms) to give the lead air

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3

02Tank G Onboard Reverb Block

Simulates room ambience of the Appetite recording

Decay 4 · Tone 5 · Mix 3

Why these settings

Using Amp Model 6 on the Tank G delivers the classic modified JCM800 crunch required for Slash's signature gain structure. The Ibanez Infinity R neck ceramic pickup has sharper highs than Slash's Alnico II Pro humbucker, so rolling the guitar's tone knob back to 7 and pulling the amp treble down keeps the intro melody round and vocal without harshness. Fast outro solo switch: flip the guitar pickup selector to bridge with the tone knob at 10.

PRO TIPPick right over the neck pickup with moderate attack using a heavy pick; Slash’s singing sustain on the intro comes from picking each note firmly while letting the high-mid gain bloom rather than picking aggressively near the bridge.

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