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Sweet child o mine amp settings — Peavey Audition

The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child o mine”, dialed in for a Peavey Audition with a Gibson Les Paul Classic. Live performance, Use Your Illusion Tour (Tokyo 1992)

Original rig

1987 Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 (Lead channel) + Gibson Les Paul Standard / Custom Shop with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups + Dunlop Cry Baby wah (cocked for lead) + rack delay/reverb

Smooth, mid-focused, singing Marshall lead crunch with rolled-off top end and vocal sustain

Amp settings — Peavey Audition

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Treble	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

Gain source — into front of amp

Tone 3 · Level 7 · Dist 5

Why these settings

The Peavey Audition lacks an onboard mid control, presence, and reverb, and its small solid-state speaker sounds harsh when pushed. We use the Boss DS-1 on the clean channel at low Tone (3) to replicate the smooth, rounded Marshall Silver Jubilee saturation without high-end fizz. Switch to bridge pickup with guitar tone at 10 for the outro solo and rhythm sections.

PRO TIPLeave the guitar on the neck pickup and roll the tone knob down to 6 for the iconic intro riff—this simulates Slash's classic vocal 'woman tone' and smooths out solid-state treble response.

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