Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) amp settings — Peavy VYPYR VIP-1
The Deftones guitar tone for “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)”, dialed in for a Peavy VYPYR VIP-1 with a Gibson Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)
ADA MP-1 tube preamp → Marshall 9200 power amp, ESP Custom Horizon with Seymour Duncan JB humbucker, Boss CE-2 / Rocktron Intellifex chorus
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01VYPYR Built-in Chorus (use amp's FX section)
Essential for the verse shimmer. Engage on intro and verse; bypass on chorus. Set to analog/vintage chorus type if available.
Your Les Paul's humbuckers are hotter and warmer than Carpenter's JB, so gain is dropped from the original's 5-6 to 3 for the verse clean tone. Mids pushed to 7 because the VYPYR's modeling tends toward a scooped American voicing—this restores the mid-forward presence Carpenter had. For the heavy chorus sections, switch to the US High Gain model and raise gain to 7, bass to 6, mids to 5.
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