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Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Deftones guitar tone for “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Harley Benton R-446. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997) — main wall-of-sound heavy chorus riff

Original rig

ESP H-series (Seymour Duncan JB) -> ADA MP-1 / Marshall JMP-1 preamp -> Marshall 9200 power amp -> Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab

Thick, articulate, mid-forward drop-tuned wall of high gain

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer NR300 Noise Reducer

Mutes high-gain idle hiss between open Drop Db chords

Thresh 6 · Decay 3

02Boss GE-7 Equalizer

Pushes 400Hz–1.6kHz mids to recreate the aggressive ADA MP-1 preamp character into the Katana

100Hz 5 · 200Hz 6 · 400Hz 7 · 800Hz 6 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5 · Level 6

03Behringer Ultra Chorus UC200

Bypass for main heavy riff; engage for intro and verse textures

Level 6 · Tone 5 · Rate 4 · Depth 6

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII's Brown channel perfectly captures the Marshall 9200 and JMP-1 power section, so amp gain carries the primary distortion while the UM300 is kept off to prevent oversaturation. The GE-7 boosts upper mids and overall output level to mimic the articulate bite of Stephen Carpenter's Seymour Duncan JB into the ADA rack. Clean verse: switch Katana to Clean voice and engage the UC200 chorus.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop Db (Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) and fret the heavy chorus chords with open string drones, striking hard with a thick pick near the bridge to maximize low-end articulation without turning muddy.

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