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Sweet child of mine amp settings — Boss Katana mini

The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child of mine”, dialed in for a Boss Katana mini with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic intro riff

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers) -> SIR Stock #39 modded Marshall 1959T Super Lead head -> Roland SRV-2000 digital reverb/delay

Warm, singing neck-pickup British crunch with rich mids and smooth top-end roll-off

Amp settings — Boss Katana mini

CHANNELBrown

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana Mini's Brown voicing delivers the cranked Marshall crunch, but its 4-inch speaker can sound thin and single-coil Tele pickups are naturally brighter than Slash's Alnico II humbuckers. Treble is pulled back to 5 and the Tele's tone knob rolled down to 7 to tame thin bite and recreate Slash's thick 'woman tone' neck sound. The Katana Mini faceplate features only Gain, Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, and Delay (Presence and Reverb are null).

PRO TIPPick smoothly near the neck pickup using a heavy pick and roll the Tele's tone knob slightly back to soften the single-coil attack into a fluid, vocal humbucker-like sustain.

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