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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — MARSHALL MG15R

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a MARSHALL MG15R with a CORT CR 100. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — matching iconic intro riff

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) 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 — MARSHALL MG15R

CHANNELOverdrive

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Marshall MG15R supplies the necessary British midrange bite on its Overdrive channel without needing external pedals. To replicate Slash's smooth, vocal neck-pickup tone and avoid solid-state top-end fizz, treble is pulled back slightly to 5 while mids are pushed to 7. Rolling the Cort CR100's neck tone knob to 8 softens the attack to closely mimic Slash's Alnico II Pro pickups.

PRO TIPPick right over the neck pickup with the flesh-and-edge of a heavy pick to give the arpeggiated intro notes maximum body and sustain.

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