That Slash Tone

[Rocker1]

just wondered wat would be best amp and effects setting for Slash tone, eg Sweet child o mine, knocking on heavens door.....
i hav DS1 SD1 HM2 and Marshal JH and fender Deluxe amp

thanks for any replies

[Scali]

I don't think Slash actually used any effects, besides the occasional wah and the built-in spring reverb on his amp.
His sound is generally just what you get when you plug a Les Paul into a Marshall and turn it up.

[Racerx2k]

Marshall 2555

[kennydoe]

bass knob should be close to 11.

[waylay00]

Marshall Silver Jubilee will get you there, combined with a Les Paul with alnico II humbuckers.

[Scali]

Yes, Slash uses Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups to be exact.
But most of it is in the way he attacks the strings and massages the tone out of them with his vibrato. It's more important to try and copy his playing style than to copy his gear exactly.

[Brosa]

And lets not forget. For most guitarist on this forum it means copying Slash his style poses no real problem

[David McCarroll]

Slash's amp was based on a particularly nice sounding JCM 800 he had, I believe, so that era of Marshall and a good Les Paul with low powered Humbuckers should get pretty close to the Slash tone. It's worth remembering that Slash took something like a hundred guitars into the studio to record Use Your Illusion, so what you are hearing on any given track could be just about anything.

[David McCarroll]

Originally Posted by Brosa

And lets not forget. For most guitarist on this forum it means copying Slash his style poses no real problem

Dunno there, while I have never been a giant fan of Guns 'n' Roses, Slash is an absolutely awesome, very restrained rock guitar player, and while any of us could probably bash out the opening to Sweet Child of Mine, there is a huge amount of subtlety in his playing.

[rastachild]

Originally Posted by David McCarroll

Dunno there, while I have never been a giant fan of Guns 'n' Roses, Slash is an absolutely awesome, very restrained rock guitar player, and while any of us could probably bash out the opening to Sweet Child of Mine, there is a huge amount of subtlety in his playing.

agreed. he really has a signature sound and it's always a lot harder to master those little nuances than to just learn the notes (which is the easiest part).

[rob777vdy]

doesnt slash have his own sig amp (marshall) ???

[eviltwin]

Originally Posted by ibanez777vbk

doesnt slash have his own sig amp (marshall) ???

he does, and a signature Les Paul as well:

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/pr...ash/Slash.html

SD AlnicoII & Piezos (Fishman)

effects: wah and occasional talkbox

plus his tech set-up a feedback generator (using a mesa-boogie Mk.IV IIRC) which the tech would operate for him.

[Scali]

His signature amp is basically just a reissue of the Silver Jubilee.

[sleepyone]

Didn't he use a ProCo Rat in front of the amp...?

[waylay00]

For wahs, he used to use a Teese RMC3. I also know he used a Boss DD-2 delay.