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.
Use Your Illusion ISignal 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)
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
0.1s
Release
0.6s
Mix
0.7
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← TS-style boost (optional)
Gain
0.1
Tone
0.6
Level
0.8
Brit 2203
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (#34, modded)
Drive
0.7
Bass
0.5
Mid
0.7
Treble
0.7
Presence
0.6
ChVol
0.7
Master
1
Bias
0.6
BiasX
0.5
Sag
0.6
Hum
0.5
Ripple
0.5
4x12 Cali V30
← Marshall 1960 4x12 (V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Hall
← Studio plate/hall (mix)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
0.3
Decay
0.7s
Predelay
0.0ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global voicing)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
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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.
— Slash
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