The secrets behind Slash's guitar tone on Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle

With its gutter-punk attitude and the raunchiest dual-guitar attack since Aerosmith’s Rocks, Welcome to the Jungle was the perfect choice for the first U.S. single release by Guns N’ Roses in 1987.

The song made a potent first impression, mostly thanks to Slash’s dramatic delay-driven intro, massive power chords and blues-infused solos, which made a perfect foil for Axl Rose’s wailing vocals.

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Chris Gill

Chris is the co-author of Eruption - Conversations with Eddie Van Halen. He is a 40-year music industry veteran who started at Boardwalk Entertainment (Joan Jett, Night Ranger) and Roland US before becoming a guitar journalist in 1991. He has interviewed more than 600 artists, written more than 1,400 product reviews and contributed to Jeff Beck’s Beck 01: Hot Rods and Rock & Roll and Eric Clapton’s Six String Stories.