No. 0061987·hard-rock·4 blocks
Sweet Child O' Mine
One of the most recognizable guitar intros ever written. Slash's tone on Appetite for Destruction is the textbook Les Paul through a cranked Marshall JCM800 sound: thick, warm humbuckers pushing a hot British amp into singing, vocal-like overdrive. The JCM800 is doing most of the work here, with its aggressive midrange and natural compression when pushed hard. A touch of reverb from the studio and Slash's fluid vibrato complete the picture.
Appetite for DestructionSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard (1959 replica)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Brit 2204
4x12 Greenback 25
Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Level
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-36dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
0.1s
Release
0.9s
Mix
0.7
Level
0dB
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 2203
Drive
8
Bass
5
Mid
8
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
1
Bias
0.5
BiasX
0.5
Sag
0.5
Hum
0.5
Ripple
0.5
Ch Vol
6
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 Greenback
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut16000Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio room reverb
LowCut125Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
0.1
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
0.0ms
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 006
One of the most recognizable guitar intros ever written. Slash's tone on Appetite for Destruction is the textbook Les Paul through a cranked Marshall JCM800 sound: thick, warm humbuckers pushing a hot British amp into singing, vocal-like overdrive. The JCM800 is doing most of the work here, with its aggressive midrange and natural compression when pushed hard. A touch of reverb from the studio and Slash's fluid vibrato complete the picture.
— Slash
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