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Sweet child of mine amp settings — Vox Cambridge 50

The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweet child of mine”, dialed in for a Vox Cambridge 50 with a Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster. 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 — Vox Cambridge 50

CHANNELBRIT 1959 amp modelBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Delay (Analog Delay effect)

Set to subtle slapback/short delay to replicate the studio room ambience

Time 4 · Depth 3

02Onboard Reverb (Hall)

Adds the smooth studio decay of the SRV-2000

Depth 4

Why these settings

The Vox Cambridge 50's BRIT 1959 model replicates the cranked Marshall Plexi response, while rolling the Strat's tone knob down to 4 mimics Slash's warm Alnico II humbucker roll-off. The Clapton Strat's active mid-boost should be set to 3-4 to fatten the single-coil output into thick humbucker territory. Mid EQ is pushed to 8 on the amp to capture the iconic vocal quality of the intro melody. Rhythm and chorus: switch to the bridge pickup with the tone knob opened up to 8.

PRO TIPEngage the Clapton Strat's onboard active mid-boost around 3-4 on the bottom knob and roll the neck tone back to around 4 to capture Slash's signature 'woman tone' flute-like attack on a single-coil guitar.

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