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Hard rock

Slash

Guns N' Roses, 1987 to 1993

A Les Paul into a Marshall with almost nothing in between, which is the point. The wah is the only effect most listeners could name, and it is used as punctuation rather than as a texture.

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Shown in conventional signal order rather than the order the sources list them, so it reads the way it would be wired: guitar on the left, amp on the right.

  1. 1
    Wah / filterNo photo available

    Dunlop Cry Baby

    Wah / filter

    On nearly every famous solo, played as a phrasing tool rather than swept continuously.

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    EQNo photo available

    Boss GE-7 Equalizer

    EQ

    A midrange push for solo boosts.

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  3. 3
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    MXR M134 Stereo Chorus

    Modulation

    Widening the cleans on the ballads.

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    Boss DD-3 Digital Delay

    Delay

    A short repeat behind solos, low enough that most listeners hear it as room rather than echo.

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Documented on

  • Appetite for Destruction

    album · 1987

    • Sweet Child O' Mine
    • Welcome to the Jungle
    • Paradise City

  • Use Your Illusion I

    album · 1991

    • November Rain

Editorial gear history, assembled from interviews, rig rundowns, live photography and liner notes. Slash is not affiliated with Gear Avail and nothing here is an endorsement. Rigs change between tours and between takes, so this one is scoped to 1987 to 1993 rather than presented as a career-long setup. In most cases what is documented is that a pedal was on the board during those sessions or that tour, not that it is audible on a specific bar of a specific take.