Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — NUX MIGHTY 20BT
The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a NUX MIGHTY 20BT with a Ibanez GRG121PAR-KBF. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro (bridge), 1977 Marshall Super Lead 1959 (100W, 'Superkill' mod), Roland SRV-2000 for slapback delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
Original Marshall Super Lead is mid-forward with natural compression at high volume. The NUX MIGHTY 20BT's CRUNCH channel emulates British-voiced amps but runs hotter in the gain stage—dropped gain from 8 to 6 to avoid fizz and maintain note definition. Raised mid +1 vs original to compensate for the Ibanez's hotter ceramic humbucker which pushes less midrange than Slash's Alnico IIs. Bass stays conservative at 4 because the smaller speaker can't handle the low-end thump of a 4x12. The MIGHTY 20BT has no presence control—treble at 6 handles the upper-mid bite instead.
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