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Welcome To The Jungle amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Welcome To The Jungle”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) main intro/rhythm

Original rig

Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Standard Replica (Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) -> S.I.R. Stock #36 Marshall 1959 Super Lead (modded) -> Marshall 1960 4x12 cab + Roland SRV-2000 digital delay

Mid-heavy, biting British high-octane crunch with aggressive pick attack

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELBritish (Voice 8 - '70s Marshall crunch/drive)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DD-8 Digital Delay

Used primarily for the famous dotted-eighth intro riff; disengage for main rhythm verses

E.Level 5 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 4 · Mode 1

02Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Clean boost into the British voice to tighten low-end and boost upper-mid bite

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 40 features a 2-band EQ (no physical mid control or presence control), so setting Voice to the British setting provides the essential Marshall midrange bark. The TS9 is configured as a clean boost (Drive 0, Level 8) to push the Champion's British channel without muddying the preamp, compensating for the ceramic Ibanez bridge humbucker. For the intro echo, the DD-8 delivers the Roland SRV-2000 style ~300ms repeats.

PRO TIPSlash achieves his signature aggressive attack by digging hard near the bridge with heavy gauge 1.14mm Dunlop Tortex picks—keep your pick attack assertive to push the front-end crunch.

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