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Be quiet and drive amp settings — Crate gfx-15 BHVDO10591

The Deftones guitar tone for “Be quiet and drive”, dialed in for a Crate gfx-15 BHVDO10591 with a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997) — clean verse intro/verse riff

Original rig

ESP Custom (Seymour Duncan JB neck position), ADA MP-1 preamp (Clean channel), Marshall 9200 power amp, Rocktron Intellifex / Boss CE-2 chorus

Lush, shimmery clean with warm chorus modulation — dreamy and ambient with clear note definition

Amp settings — Crate gfx-15 BHVDO10591

CHANNELClean ChannelBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	7
Reverb	3
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Crate Chorus (DSP Effect)

Select the onboard Chorus setting on the DSP knob to get the modulation.

DSP Select 3 · DSP Level 6

02Boss CE-2 / Chorus Pedal

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the exact deep analog warble from the record.

Rate 4 · Depth 7

Why these settings

The Crate GFX-15 is set to its clean channel with gain low to keep the signal pristine like the ADA MP-1 clean voicing. We boost treble slightly to compensate for the smaller 8-inch speaker while engaging the onboard DSP chorus to replicate the lush, ambient modulation of the record. Heavy distorted chorus: switch to the Overdrive channel with Gain at 8 and Treble at 6.

PRO TIPLet the open strings ring out completely and use a medium pick stroke near the neck pickup to get that signature deep, chimey shoegaze resonance.

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