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Appetite for Destruction coverSweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses

Sweet Child O' Mine

Tone for HOTONE Pulze Mini · by @faldy · Humbuckers · Eb standard · updated 11 October 2026 · Made with AI

Warm, liquid lead voice inspired by Slash's legendary intro riff recorded with a modded Marshall JCM800 and a neck humbucker.

Plays it on your Pulze Mini without changing your saved presets.

On the Pulze Mini

Every block in the order the signal goes through it. Dial these in by hand, or play it on your Pulze Mini above to send them all at once.

DYN

Gate 1

Threshold
25
PRE

Boost 1

Off

Based on MXR® Micro Amp

AMP

Marshell 800

Based on Marshall® JCM800 amp

Gain
68
Presence
52
Master
55
Bass
52
Middle
68
Treble
54
CAB

UK 4x12A

Based on Marshall® 1960AX cabinet

Volume
50
Low Cut
80
High Cut
7500
EQ

Guitar EQ 1

Off
FX1

Digi Dly

Mix
20
Time/Div
1/4
FB
+22
Time R%
61.8%
Spread
+100
Level
50
Sync
On
FX2

Plate

Mix
20
Pre Dly
0 ms
Decay
50
Low Damp
50
Hi Damp
50
Mod
50

How it works

  • AMPMarshell 800 running with Gain at 68 captures the extra front-end punch of S.I.R. Stock 39, the hot-rodded Marshall rented for the Appetite for Destruction sessions.
  • CABThe UK 4x12A cabinet pairs classic Greenback speakers with the amp, softening high-end harshness while preserving thick midrange crunch.
  • FX2A quarter-note digital delay and subtle plate reverb reproduce the studio rack ambience added at the mixing console.

Tuning

EbAbDbGbBbEb

The record is in Eb standard, low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

Tune your guitar the same way. Or make your version above, say how yours is tuned, and your Pulze Mini shifts it to match.

On the guitar

Made for a humbucker guitar (Les Paul / SG style).

Intro lead

NeckBridge123
  1. 1Pickup Neck
  2. 2Volume 10
  3. 3Tone 7

Roll the tone back slightly to roll off the top-end bite and get that signature flute-like singing response.

Main solo

NeckBridge123
  1. 1Pickup Bridge
  2. 2Volume 10
  3. 3Tone 9

Switch to the bridge pickup for extra treble cut and aggressive bite during the fast wah-style run.

The original rig

Slash's tone on Sweet Child O' Mine relies on a Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica with neck humbucker for the intro, plugged into a cranked SIR-modified Marshall 100W head. The smooth sustain comes entirely from the hot-rodded tube preamp and power amp distortion, embellished with studio rack delay.

Slash (Rhythm and solo): Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, SIR Modified Marshall 100-Watt (JCM800/1959), Marshall 1960 4x12 Cabinet, Roland SRV-2000 Digital Processor

See the full original rig, with every setting and its sources

Playing it

  • Anchor your right hand lightly near the bridge to keep unplayed strings dead silent as you navigate the string-skipping pattern.
  • Pick cleanly with strict alternate picking (down-up-down-up) rather than sweeping, keeping each note even in volume and length.
  • Let notes sustain fully without cutting them short, letting the delay trails seamlessly fill the space between phrases.

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Shared by @faldy under CC BY 4.0: use it, share it and change it, crediting @faldy. Version 1, updated 11 October 2026.