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My Own Summer (Shove It) amp settings — Yamaha GA-15

The Deftones guitar tone for “My Own Summer (Shove It)”, dialed in for a Yamaha GA-15 with a Yamaha EG112C. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP Stef B-7 (7-string, Seymour Duncan JB bridge) → Marshall JMP-1 preamp → Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 power amp (or Dual Rectifier, sources vary) → 4x12 cab. No pedals on studio rhythm tone.

Aggressive, scooped-mid, tight modern metal chug with massive low-end and sizzling high-gain saturation

Amp settings — Yamaha GA-15

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

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion (or equivalent)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone. The GA-15's clean preamp cannot produce high-gain saturation; a DS-1 or similar distortion pedal provides the gain stage. Run amp nearly clean.

Tone 6 · Level 7 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The original uses a Mesa Rectifier or Marshall JMP-1 at high gain into a tight 4x12 — your GA-15 is a 15W solid-state practice amp that cannot reach this saturation from its preamp alone. The RECOMMENDED DS-1 becomes your gain source; amp gain stays low (7) to avoid flubby clipping. Bass dropped from 6.5 to 4 because small speakers break up badly with boosted lows. Mid stays scooped (3) to match the original's aggressive scoop. The GA-15 lacks presence and reverb knobs.

PRO TIPPalm-mute hard directly over the bridge saddles and pick aggressively close to the bridge for that percussive Deftones chug — the tone is as much in the right-hand attack as the amp settings.

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