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My Own Summer (Shove It) amp settings — Yamaha GA15 II

The Deftones guitar tone for “My Own Summer (Shove It)”, dialed in for a Yamaha GA15 II with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP Custom 6-string (Drop C#) with Seymour Duncan JB/Custom pickups -> Marshall JMP-1 Tube MIDI Preamp (OD1/OD2 modes) -> Marshall 9200 Dual Monobloc Power Amp -> Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabs

Aggressive, percussive high-gain riff tone with tight palm muting and defined low-end chunk

Amp settings — Yamaha GA15 II

CHANNELClean Channel (Drive switch OFF)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	5
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Hotone Ampero Mini (Preamp / Amp Block: Marshall JMP-1 / Brit Preamp Model)

Set as primary high-gain preamp engine into the clean Yamaha GA15 II

Gain 7 · Bass 6 · Middle 4 · Treble 6 · Presence 5

02Hotone Ampero Mini (Noise Gate Block)

Place first in chain to clamp string noise during the tight staccato verse and chorus riffs

Threshold 6 · Release 3

Why these settings

The Yamaha GA15 II solid-state drive channel gets fizzy and lacks low-end tightness for Drop C# tuning, so the amp must stay flat on its clean channel with gain low (2-3) to act purely as a monitor. The entire core high-gain saturation is handled by the Hotone Ampero Mini modeling Carpenter's rack JMP-1 preamp tone. Keeping the mids around 4 inside the Ampero provides the classic 90s nu-metal scoop without losing the percussive attack of the opening riff.

PRO TIPTune your bottom string down to Db/C# and strike aggressively near the bridge saddles with firm right-hand palm muting to achieve that dry, instantaneous mechanical snap on the main riff.

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