how to get knocking on heaven's door tone

[kym]

any idea how did slash get the knocking on heaven's door tone?

 

[Soldi]

he asked for gibsons , marshalls and magic fingers from the genie when asked for his 3 wishes

 

[kym]

a genie is hard to come by these days...

 

[yellowfellow]

slash sig pickups? gibson les paul? tone down to 3 for neck pickup?

lol im guessing this anyways. try it yourself to find out.

 

[doggieshaman]

im guessing PAF pickup in neck, tone knob halfway thru, double crunch (ie use the marshall crunch or hook 2 marshall heads together - heard thats how slash does it) and EQ settings probably bass 7/10, mid 5/10 and treble 5/10 as well... that works for me

 

[kym]

i did a quick search on wht effect pedals did slash use on that song but to no avail. i guess he didnt use any effect pedals. in fact, my impression is that he seldom uses pedals, is that right?

 

[yellowfellow]

theres a video on youtube regarding slash's gear and all.

cant really rmb the title though =\

 

[Plastic]

i did a quick search on wht effect pedals did slash use on that song but to no avail. i guess he didnt use any effect pedals. in fact, my impression is that he seldom uses pedals, is that right?

He does love his wah.

 

[mellapong]

The formula to Slash's tone is SD Alnico Pro 2 pickups and his signature Marshall amp. And of course his settings that you can look up on the web.

If you want to get close you will need a decent distortion pedal with a British voicing (eg. Crunchbox) and those SDs as above.

If I am not wrong Slash adds a subtle delay when soloing to add dimesion to his tone too. Not very noticable however.

Do check out Buckethead's KoHD solo too.

YouTube - Guns N' Roses Leeds Festival 2002 - Knockin' On Heavens Door