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Nightrain Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Kris Derrig Les Paul Standard replica
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers
Amp
Marshall 1959T Super Tremolo (S.I.R. #39, modded by Tim Caswell)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, Appetite for Destruction sessions (1987). The amp was a rented, modded Marshall Super Tremolo head known as S.I.R. #39, with added gain via the unused tremolo circuit and a master volume. Guitar was a Les Paul replica by Kris Derrig, not a Gibson. Settings are for studio, not live. No evidence of boost/overdrive pedals; distortion from amp gain. No evidence of effects loop use.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6
Gain6.5
Reverb2
Treble7
Presence6
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- aggressive and biting
- British crunch
- tight and percussive attack
- cutting upper mids
- rich harmonic overtones
- smooth yet biting solo sound
- classic 80s hard rock lead
- dynamic pick response
- high output, saturated amp drive