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Sweet O' Child Of Mine amp settings — Cort Cort CM15R

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet O' Child Of Mine”, dialed in for a Cort Cort CM15R with a Ibanez Ibanez GIO GRX20. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — iconic neck-pickup intro riff

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into a modded Marshall (SIR Stock #39 / Silver Jubilee 2555), Roland SRV-2000 delays/reverbs

Warm, singing mid-forward crunch with rolled-off treble and subtle ambient space

Amp settings — Cort Cort CM15R

CHANNELOverdrive channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Digital Delay (Boss DD-3 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not owned; set around 425ms delay time for authentic studio ambiance

E.Level 3 · F.Back 3 · D.Time 5 · Mode 6

Why these settings

The Cort CM15R is a 15W practice amp with only Bass, Treble, and Reverb controls (no Mid or Presence knobs on the faceplate). Engaging the onboard Overdrive channel around 6 gives the crunch and sustain of Slash's Marshall while keeping the 8-inch speaker tight. Rolling Treble back to 5 along with your guitar's tone knob simulates Slash's smooth, vocal 'woman tone' and tames the bright solid-state top end.

PRO TIPSlash's signature liquid lead tone comes from selecting the neck humbucker and rolling the guitar tone pot down to around 6; make sure you tune down a half step to Eb standard to play along with the record.

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