My Own Summer (Shove It) amp settings — GA 20
The Deftones guitar tone for “My Own Summer (Shove It)”, dialed in for a GA 20 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997) — main riff
ESP Custom (Drop C#) with Seymour Duncan humbuckers -> Marshall JMP-1 MIDI Preamp (OD2) -> Marshall 9200 Power Amp -> Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Overdrive / Boost (e.g. Boss SD-1 or Ibanez TS9)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens the low-end attack into the amp's drive channel
The GA 20 is a basic practice amp, so running its drive channel with high gain is necessary to approximate Stephen Carpenter's cascaded Marshall JMP-1 preamp tone without pedals. The Player Stratocaster's bridge single-coil lacks the output and low-end girth of a Seymour Duncan humbucker in Drop C#, so roll the guitar tone knob slightly back to 8 to shave single-coil fizz while keeping the amp bass and gain pushed. Adding an external overdrive pedal later as a clean boost will dramatically tighten the low-end punch. Whisper verse: roll guitar volume back to 4-5 and pick lightly.
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