Blow Me Away amp settings — Ga-20 Generic
The Breaking Benjamin guitar tone for “Blow Me Away”, dialed in for a Ga-20 Generic with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Halo 2 Original Soundtrack (2004), produced by David Bendeth at House of Loud
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS Custom 24 or ESP with EMG/high-output humbuckers, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer for tightening, Drop C tuning
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 10 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 6 |
01Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED - Boss DS-1 or similar)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone. The GA-20 cannot produce high-gain metal saturation on its own. A DS-1, MT-2, or any modern metal distortion pedal is required. Set amp gain to 3-4 when using this pedal to avoid mud.
02Noise Gate (RECOMMENDED - Boss NS-2 or similar)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. High-gain tones need gating for tight palm mutes and silence between riffs.
The GA-20 is a low-wattage practice amp with no high-gain channel — it cannot replicate Rectifier saturation alone. You must use a distortion pedal as your primary gain source; set amp gain low (3-4) to stay clean and let the pedal do the heavy lifting. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than the original's EMG humbuckers, so I dropped bass from 6 to 4 and boosted treble to 7 to compensate for the Strat's natural brightness while keeping the scooped mid character. Roll tone knob to 8 to tame single-coil ice-pick.
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