No. 0781991·hard-rock·5 blocks

November Rain

The most-played stadium solo of a generation — a Kris Derrig '59 Les Paul replica with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pros, into a modified Marshall JCM800 2203, in Eb. The voice is sustain and vibrato, not gain: a singing, vocal lead with lush studio reverb floating it over the piano. Slash tracked the feedback by splitting into a second amp and playing back loud — the sustain is real, not a pedal.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul replica
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
Eb standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2203
4x12 Cali V30
Hall
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal (feedback control)
Volume/Pan
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
80ms
Release
600ms
Mix
70
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← TS-style boost (optional)
Distortion
Gain
1.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7.5
Brit 2203
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (#34, modded)
Amp
Drive
6.5
Bass
5
Mid
7
Treble
6.8
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Marshall 1960 4x12 (V30)
Cab
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Hall
← Studio plate/hall (mix)
Reverb
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
25
Decay
0.7s
Predelay
30ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global voicing)
EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
  • Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
  • Quad Cortex 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Brit 2203, Hall. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

  • Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, TS Boost, Hall. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

Helix DSP
47% of one chip — fits (1 block has no published cost and is counted as zero)
Sources
3 cited, 3 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
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What we didn't check
  • Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
  • The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
  • No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
  • 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
The mic in this chain

Shure SM57

The source doesn't name the mic — this is the standard choice for this sound, and what the chain above assumes.

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