Paradise City guitar tone

Guns N' Roses · Appetite For Destruction · 1987 · Hard Rock

KeyG major

ChordsG – C – F – C – G

Crunch

Main Riff

AmpMarshall JCM2000

GuitarGibson SG

PickupBridge humbucker

GAIN5.5

BASS5.5

MID5

TREBLE5.5

PRESENCE4

REVERB1.5

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive
Drive 2.5 · Tone 4 · Level 5.5
Pushes the amp's own breakup harder.

Set gain so the tone cleans up when you pick softly and bites when you dig in.

Lead

AmpMarshall JCM2000

GuitarGibson SG

PickupBridge humbucker

GAIN6.5

BASS5.5

MID5.5

TREBLE5.5

PRESENCE4

REVERB1.5

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive
Drive 2.5 · Tone 4 · Level 5.5
Pushes the amp's own breakup harder.
MXR Carbon Copy delay
Time 4.5 · Repeats 3 · Mix 3
Kicks in for the solo — repeats tucked under the dry signal.

Lead variant: extra gain and mids to cut through, delay for width. Pick nearer the bridge and let bends sustain.

These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.

Adapt this tone to your own amp and pedals in the app.