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Sweet Child O' Mine Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Mid-1980s Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul Standard replica
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbucker (bridge pickup)
Amp
1977 Marshall Super Lead model 1959 (100-watt, 'Superkill' mod by Frank Levi and Glenn Buckley)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, Appetite for Destruction (1987); guitar plugged into Channel 1 top input of Marshall Super Lead; Marshall 1960 4x12 cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. Effects loop used for digital reverb/delay. Settings and effects are for the studio riff/intro section, not live or solo.
Amp Settings
Mids7.5
Bass5.5
Gain8
Reverb1
Treble7
Presence7
Effects Chain
- Roland SRV-2000 Digital Reverb (used as digital delay in 'secret' mode) · delay
Kris Derrig Les Paul → Roland SRV-2000 (delay mode) → Marshall Super Lead 1959 → Marshall 1960 4x12 cab
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Tone Character
- bright and articulate
- chimey, bell-like attack
- singing sustain
- slightly compressed
- open, airy top end
- tight low end
- clear note separation
- warm midrange
- touch-sensitive
- classic Marshall crunch