My own summer amp settings — Kozmos Nova mini BK

The Deftones guitar tone for “My own summer”, dialed in for a Kozmos Nova mini BK with a Ibanez GRG121DX BKF. Main riff/chorus, Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP Stef B-7 (Seymour Duncan JB bridge) → Marshall JMP-1 preamp (OD2 channel) → Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 power amp → Marshall 1960B 4x12 (Celestion G12T-75)

Tight, percussive, saturated high-gain with slightly scooped mids, crushing low-end, dry and aggressive palm-mute attack

Amp settings — Kozmos Nova mini BK

CHANNELHigh Gain / OverdriveBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Kozmos Nova mini is a small solid-state practice amp with standard Gain, Tone/EQ controls and no dedicated presence knob. Push the gain to 8 on the overdrive channel with the boost switch engaged to replicate the saturated bite of Stef's JMP-1/Mesa rig, keeping the Tone/Treble slightly bright to punch through the heavy drop tuning. Clean verse: turn off the drive switch and roll guitar volume back to 7.

PRO TIPTune your guitar to Drop Db (Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) and hit the percussive intro chords with aggressive downstrokes close to the bridge to capture Stef's heavy palm-muted thud.

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