"Guns N' Roses emerged from the L.A. club scene at the height of its
mid-'80s glory days.  Co-piloted by singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash, the
band was a throwback to the raunch and roll toxicity of Aerosmith.  Guns N'
Roses' 1987 debut album 'Appetite for Destruction' became an instant
classic, and it featured classic tones provided by Slash's Les Paul/Marshall
combination.

"In 1991 Slash told GP a tale of renting 'a hundred Marshall's just to find
one that satisfied him before recording 'Appetite'.  He added that he went
through the same process before recording their follow-up, 'Use Your
Illusion'.  He was using Marshall Jubilee Anniversary amps on stage, and was
freaking out about how he'd lost all but one of them in the 'St. Louis
incident'-- i.e., riot.

"Slash's amp tribulations ended when Marshall designed a signature amp for
him in 1996 based n the Jubilee.  It was the first-ever signature Marshall.
Slash said, 'This is the amp that has made six pretty successful albums,
done countless sessions, survived two riots-- and I wouldn't even consider
trying anything else.'

"He told GP in 2000 after recording his solo album 'Ain't Life Grand', 'I
used my Slash Marshall head and one 4x12 cabinet-- the same rig I always
play through.  I use two heads onstage and two 4x12s to switch from clean to
dirty sounds, but only one half-stack is used at a time. The head for the
clean sound is set up with Groove Tubes KT88s, and the settings are:
Presence 0, Bass 9, Middle 3, Treble 5.5, Output Master 10, Lead Master 0,
and Input Gain, 4.  The 'dirty' head is loaded with Groove Tubes EL34s, and
the controls are set: Presence 7, bass 7, Middle 4.5, treble 7, Output
Master 6, Lead Master 10, and Input Gain 6.5.'

"Slash has never been big on effects.  'I've always thought the guys with
the best tone are the ones who just grab a guitar and make it sound like
something solid,' he said.  Slash's signature sound is about as solid as it
gets."

On pages 86-87, there is a "Timeline - A History of Jim Marshall & Marshall
Amplification".  On page 87, there is a tiny pic of Slash with Jim Marshall,
with the caption, "Jim and Slash at Marshall's 40th Anniversary".  The text
says, part:

"2002 - Marshall's 40th anniversary celebrated with a huge, star-studded
bash (featuring a performance by the legendary Eric Johnson) at the Winter
NAMM show in Anaheim, California.  Jim Marshall is presented with an
honorary Doctorate of Music from Five Towns College, NY, by his U.S.
distributor."

On page 88, there is are "Blasts from the Past - Classic Marshall Ads from
the Last 20 Years".  Slash's is the one of him in silhouette and is the ad
that is quoted, in part, from the article above ("This is the amp that has
made six pretty successful albums. . .").