Originally Posted by: caponi14Hmm. Slash's sound is actually not very special. The way that he play is though, it's hard to SOUND like him. ....

I think it's hard to replicate his sound with ''not to expensive'' gear. But i aint saying it can't be done :)

Good luck

Yeah, those were my thoughts when I first saw this post. I could be wrong, but I think for songs like "Sweet Child of Mine" he used the neck pickup position... but Caponi's right.. there's a lot going on in the fingers that's giving him his sound. Also, Marshall stacks at high/full volume can be hard to replicate as digital presets... I've recorded with a JCM 800 100w turned up full blast (it was "dog housed" so no, we weren't blowing our ears out) and its definitely quite different than just having a pedal or digital preamp. I also remember seeing a group called "The Smalls" live, and the guitarist there had an amazing rock/crunch sound... just sounded great, and he too was using a Marshall stack. After the show I asked him what effects he used, and he told me none, he was just going straight into the amp. So maybe try Caponi's suggestions, keeping in mind that Slash is very particular about his amps and guitars.