My own summer amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Deftones guitar tone for “My own summer”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Ibanez V54NJP-WK. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997) — main riff / chorus tone
ESP Stef B-7 (Seymour Duncan JB) → Marshall JMP-1 preamp (OD2) → Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 power amp → Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 9 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
The Blues Junior IV is a vintage-voiced tube amp with limited preamp gain, so modern nu-metal high-gain cannot be fully matched without an external pedal. Engaging the onboard FAT boost and pushing Gain to 9 gets the maximum natural breakup possible from the amp today. Adding a dedicated high-gain distortion pedal like a Rat into the clean channel (Gain at 3) is the proper solution to achieve the heavy, tight Marshall/Mesa saturation of the record. Clean verse: pick lightly near the neck with volume rolled down to 6.
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