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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Harley Benton ST-20. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff and lead

Original rig

Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) into modded Marshall Super Lead/JCM800 (S.I.R. Stock #39/#36) with rack delay and reverb

Warm, singing mid-forward British crunch with rolled-off top end and vocal sustain

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELDirty

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Digital Delay (e.g. Boss DD-3 or DD-8)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run direct into amp input)

E.Level 3 · F.Back 3 · D.Time 5

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 naturally has thick low-mids that match the warm Marshall crunch well, so bass is kept at 5 while pushing the mid knob to 7 for Slash's vocal cut. Because your Strat-style ST-20 has bright single-coils rather than Slash's Alnico II humbuckers, roll the guitar tone knob down to 6 and keep treble at 5 to remove excessive glassiness and mimic the 'woman tone' character. Solo section: switch the guitar to the bridge pickup with the tone knob at 10 for maximum bite.

PRO TIPSlash plays the entire iconic intro riff on the neck humbucker with the guitar's tone control rolled back to around 6 to 7 to achieve that round, flute-like attack without shrillness.

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