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Sweet Child O' Mine guitar tone

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

KeyD major
ChordsD – C – G intro riff
Lead

Lead Tone

AmpMarshall JCM800
GuitarGibson SG
PickupBridge humbucker
GAIN7
BASS5.5
MID7
TREBLE5
PRESENCE6
REVERB2

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. Boss DS-1 distortion
    Dist 5 · Tone 4 · Level 5
    Focused distortion for singing leads.
  2. Boss DD-3 Digital Delay delay
    Time 3.5 · Repeats 2 · Mix 1.5
    Adds depth to held notes.

Add a touch more delay for the held notes at the top of the solo.

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

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