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Be quiet and drive amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Deftones guitar tone for “Be quiet and drive”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP H-series with Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers → ADA MP-1 preamp → Marshall 9200 power amp; Rocktron Intellifex chorus/reverb, Boss CE-2 chorus

Tight, scooped mid-grind with clinical high-gain saturation and lush chorus wash

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME7

Signal chain

01Donner Mod Square

Set to chorus mode; this is essential to the washy, wide texture of the verse and chorus

Rate 4 · Depth 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The ADA MP-1 was tighter and more scooped than a stock Marshall, so mid is dropped to 4 vs a typical JCM800's 5-6. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Carpenter's JB humbuckers—bass +1 and gain +1 compensate. The ID:Core's OD2 voice gets closest to that saturated-but-defined rack preamp grind. Verse tone uses neck pickup with volume rolled to 7; chorus hits bridge pickup with volume full up.

PRO TIPThe verse isn't a clean channel—it's the same dirty tone with the guitar volume backed off to 7 and the neck pickup engaged. Roll volume back up and switch to bridge for the chorus to nail the dynamic shift Carpenter uses on the record.

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