My own summer amp settings — Harley Benton
The Deftones guitar tone for “My own summer”, dialed in for a Harley Benton with a Squire Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997) — main riff
ESP M-II (Seymour Duncan JB bridge humbucker) into Marshall JMP-1 preamp (OD2 channel) -> Marshall 9200 power amp -> Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab; Drop Db tuning
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
The amp is an unrecognized generic Harley Benton practice model, so faceplate controls are limited to gain, volume, bass, and treble. To compensate for thin Strat single-coils against Stef's hot Seymour Duncan JB humbucker, gain is pushed to 7 on the drive channel while treble and the guitar's tone knob are rolled back to shave off harsh bite. The tiny solid-state speaker cannot replicate a cranked Marshall 4x12 stack, so adding a dedicated distortion pedal will provide the necessary low-end saturation; once acquired, switch the amp to clean and run gain at 2. Clean verse: roll guitar volume back to 4 or switch to neck pickup.
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