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Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Deftones guitar tone for “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. 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 (plus Rocktron Intellifex chorus for intro/verses)

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

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD-2

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The MG30CFX faceplate has no presence control, so top-end bite is shaped entirely with the treble knob at 6. Marshall MG solid-state drive can get fizzy in the high-gain channels, so keeping mids pushed to 7 preserves the ADA/Marshall preamp core body without needing excessive top end. Your Les Paul humbuckers provide plenty of low-end weight, so bass is kept at 6 to prevent the 10-inch speaker from flubbing out on the low Db tuning.

PRO TIPTune your guitar to Drop Db (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) and hit the chords with an aggressive, even downstroke sweep across all strings to capture Stephen Carpenter's massive wall-of-sound resonance.

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