Sweet child o mine amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT
The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Harley Benton ST modern plus. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff
Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro) into modded Marshall Super Lead / Silver Jubilee with Roland SRV-2000 delays
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
The Orange Crush 35RT has naturally thick low-mids and no physical presence control, so bass is dialed back to 5 to avoid boominess while treble is set to 6 for top-end bite. With single coils on the neck of an ST-style guitar, rolling tone down to 7 warms up the attack to simulate Slash's Les Paul humbucker 'woman tone' without getting muddy. Amp gain on the Dirty channel is set around 7 to replicate the cranked Marshall saturation and liquid sustain.
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