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This I Love amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “This I Love”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Chinese Democracy (2008) — Robin Finck guitar solo

Original rig

Robin Finck: Gibson Les Paul Standard / Custom into Marshall JCM800 / modded Plexi with overdrive boost, high-gain sustain, analog delay, and studio plate reverb

Searing, highly saturated, singing high-gain British lead with thick sustain and prominent delay

Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

CHANNELAMP Model 7 (Lead / High Gain British)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank G Overdrive Block

Used as a clean mid-boost into the amp model to tighten low-end and extend sustain

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 8

02Tank G Delay Block

Post-amp/FX block set for ~420ms quarter-note delay

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

03Tank G Reverb Block

Lush hall/plate voicing to sit behind the solo

Decay 5 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The original solo was tracked by Robin Finck on a humbucker-equipped Les Paul pushing a saturated British high-gain head. On your Squier Strat's single-coil pickups, switch to the neck pickup and roll tone down to 7 to round off single-coil glassiness and mimic thick Gibson warmth. Pushing Amp Model 7 with the onboard boost and OD block compensates for the Strat's lower output, delivering the soaring liquid sustain needed for the lead. Clean verse: bypass the OD block and roll guitar volume down to 5.

PRO TIPDig in with broad, slow vibrato on held bends while picking with the fleshy side of your pick hand thumb slightly touching the string to emphasize harmonically rich pinch overtones.

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