7 words amp settings — Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
The Deftones guitar tone for “7 words”, dialed in for a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Adrenaline (1995)
Marshall JCM800 / Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier + ESP Custom 6-string with bridge humbucker (Drop D)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
Used in front of the amp to tighten low-end flub from single-coil pickups
Stephen Carpenter tracked Adrenaline with high-output humbuckers into high-gain heads, so the TS9 is set as a clean boost (Drive 0, Level high) to tighten low-end flub and push the Squier's single coils. The guitar tone is rolled down to 8 and amp treble is kept moderate to tame single-coil harshness without losing the cutting attack of the Modern mode. Bypass the MT-2 completely so the Dual Rectifier's preamp handles all the core saturation cleanly.
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