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My Own Summer (Shove It) amp settings — Fender Rumble 40

The Deftones guitar tone for “My Own Summer (Shove It)”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 40 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997) - Main Riff / Chorus

Original rig

ESP Custom 6-string (Drop C#) with Seymour Duncan JB/Custom humbucker -> Marshall JMP-1 Preamp (OD2) -> Marshall 9200 Power Amp -> Marshall 1960B 4x12 Cabs

Aggressive, heavy percussive high-gain crunch with tight low-end and bite

Amp settings — Fender Rumble 40

CHANNELOverdrive switch ON (Drive: 8, Level: 7)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 / Boss DS-1

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; necessary for genuine high-gain saturation through a bass combo

Distortion 7 · Filter/Tone 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

Playing Stephen Carpenter's heavy Marshall JMP-1 tone through a single-coil Strat and a Fender Rumble 40 bass amp requires engaging the onboard Overdrive circuit with gain pushed to 8 for maximum grit. The Rumble lacks guitar-amp top-end sizzle, so keep the Low-Mid at 6 and High-Mid at 6 while rolling the guitar tone knob down slightly to avoid piercing single-coil bite. Adding a dedicated high-gain distortion pedal in front is essential to bridge the saturation gap on this setup. Clean verse: turn the amp Overdrive switch off and switch to the neck+middle pickup.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop C# (Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) and use heavy down-picking with the side of your thumb lightly grazing the low strings to get Stephen Carpenter's distinct percussive thud.

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