Riff Tone

Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Live)

Guns N' Roses

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (Slash, live 1990s era)

AmpMarshall Silver Jubilee 2555

PickupsSeymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers

Amp Settings

gain0

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb3.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Live performance, early-to-mid 1990s; Slash's main clean tone for this song is from the Les Paul neck pickup into a Marshall Silver Jubilee. Clean section uses guitar volume rolled back for clarity. No explicit pedal evidence for clean part; chorus sometimes used by rhythm guitarist (not Slash).

Tone Character(10)

warm and roundedsmooth clean with slight breakup at peaksfull-bodied neck pickup soundnot sparkling or glassymoderate reverb for spacearticulate but not brightslightly compressed from ampdynamic and touch-sensitiveno chorus or modulationclassic Marshall clean, not Fender-like

Difficulty

The clean riff section is easy to play, using basic chords and strumming, but requires careful control of guitar volume/tone knobs and dynamics to match the live clean tone.

Sources

Amp settings for Knocking on Heavens door - JustinGuitar Community Hi everyone, i've learned the solos of knocking on heaven's door but ...Sound/Profiles for Knocking on heaven's door (Guns n' roses) - Profiler - Questions and answers - Kemper Profiler Forum

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