Song
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses · Appetite for Destruction · 1987
Preview and cover from Apple Music
- Amp
- SIR Modified Marshall 100-Watt (JCM800/1959)
- Guitar
- Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica
- Tuning
- Eb standard
On the record, Slash played a Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica through a SIR Modified Marshall 100-Watt (JCM800/1959). It's in Eb standard.
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
EstimatedSettings Estimated
- Volume
- 10
- Tone
- 10
- Pickup Selection
- Neck for intro melody, bridge for solo
- Pickups
- Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro
Hand-built replica equipped with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers. The neck pickup provides the signature rounded, flute-like tone for the intro.
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
EstimatedSettings Estimated
- Sweep
- Dynamic sweep during outro solo
Engaged during the aggressive wah section of the main guitar solo.
Settings Estimated
- Presence
- 7
- Bass
- 5
- Middle
- 7
- Treble
- 7
- Master
- 6
- Gain
- 8
Rented Marshall 100W vacuum tube amplifier modified with an extra gain stage; driven hard without front-end overdrive pedals.
Marshall 1960 4x12 Cabinet
EstimatedSettings Estimated
- Speakers
- Celestion Greenback or Vintage 30
Standard Marshall 4x12 cabinet loaded with Celestion speakers.
Roland SRV-2000 Digital Processor
EstimatedSettings Estimated
- Type
- Digital Delay
- Mix
- Low to medium ambient blend
Studio rack units configured to run secret delay algorithms rather than standard reverbs to thicken the lead sound.
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Tuning
The record is in Eb standard, low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. Tune your guitar the same way, or tell ToneSheet how it's tuned and your device shifts the tone to match.
Questions about the Sweet Child O' Mine guitar tone
What amp did Slash use on Sweet Child O' Mine?
Slash played through a SIR Modified Marshall 100-Watt (JCM800/1959) (an estimate), with Presence 7, Bass 5, Middle 7, Treble 7, Master 6, Gain 8 (settings estimated).
What guitar did Slash play on Sweet Child O' Mine?
Slash played a Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica (an estimate), with Pickup Selection Neck for intro melody, bridge for solo, Pickups Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro, Volume 10, Tone 10 (settings estimated).
What effects did Slash use on Sweet Child O' Mine?
A Dunlop Cry Baby Wah (an estimate).
What tuning is Sweet Child O' Mine in?
Eb standard: low to high, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.
How do I get the Sweet Child O' Mine guitar tone on an amp modeller?
Start from your modeller's model of the SIR Modified Marshall 100-Watt (JCM800/1959), set like the original (Presence 7, Bass 5, Middle 7, Treble 7), with a guitar like a Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Replica, tuned to Eb standard. Ready presets, with every block's settings: HOTONE Pulze Mini (1).
Presets for Sweet Child O' Mine
Tones players shared for their amp modellers, each with every setting, block by block.
HOTONE Pulze Mini1 version
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