Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Marshall Origin 50C
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Marshall Origin 50C with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Marshall JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee (or JCM800 2203), 1959 Gibson Les Paul replica with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups, no pedals
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Tube Screamer (TS9 or clone)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for pushing single coils into humbucker-like thickness and sustain. Run into amp's front input.
Your Origin 50C shares Marshall DNA with the Jubilee but has less preamp gain on tap — engaging the Boost switch and pushing gain to 7 compensates. Strat single coils are brighter and lower output than Slash's Alnico II humbuckers, so mid is raised +2 and treble cut -1 to fatten the response. A TS-style pedal is strongly recommended to add the midrange push and compression that humbuckers naturally provide.
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