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My Own Summer (Shove It) amp settings — Pyleusa Usa

The Deftones guitar tone for “My Own Summer (Shove It)”, dialed in for a Pyleusa Usa with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ADA MP-1 preamp → Marshall 9200 power amp, ESP Horizon 6-string with Seymour Duncan JB (bridge), Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, Drop C# tuning

Dark, percussive low-tuned chug with gritty upper-octave fuzz bite and dry, articulate attack

Amp settings — Pyleusa Usa

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz (or similar fuzz/distortion)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The FZ-2 is discontinued but a Boss HM-2 clone, EHX Big Muff, or any aggressive fuzz with a low-mid focus will get you close. This pedal is essential for the gritty texture on this track. Run into amp's clean setting if using a high-gain fuzz.

Level 6 · Gain 7 · Tone 4

Why these settings

The Pyleusa is a basic solid-state practice amp with limited headroom and a thin, bright voicing compared to Carpenter's massive rack rig. I pushed gain to 8 to extract maximum saturation, kept bass at 5 (not higher—small speakers mud out fast), and rolled treble down to 4 because your Strat's single coils are far brighter and thinner than his JB humbuckers. Without a fuzz pedal, you will not achieve the upper-octave grit that defines this tone—the amp alone cannot replicate it.

PRO TIPTune to Drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) using heavy strings (.012-.054 minimum) to match the detuned tension and percussive attack. Pick hard directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces and palm-mute aggressively—Carpenter's tone is 50% technique, with a tight, staccato attack that keeps the low tuning articulate.

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