My own summer amp settings — Marshall G15R CD

The Deftones guitar tone for “My own summer”, dialed in for a Marshall G15R CD with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP Stef B-7 (7-string with Seymour Duncan JB bridge) → Marshall JMP-1 preamp → Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 power amp. Some sources cite Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz for upper-octave grit. Drop Db tuning (Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb).

Thick, percussive nu-metal chug with scooped mids, tight low-end, and aggressive high-gain saturation

Amp settings — Marshall G15R CD

CHANNELOverdriveBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Marshall G15R CD is a small solid-state practice amp—it cannot physically reach the high-gain saturation of Carpenter's JMP-1/Mesa rig. Gain is maxed but still falls short of the original's thickness. Mids scooped to 3 to approximate the nu-metal scoop; treble raised to 7 for articulation on the detuned chug. A distortion pedal (Boss DS-1, MT-2, or HM-2 clone) would get you dramatically closer to this tone—the amp alone delivers maybe 50% of the saturation needed.

PRO TIPTune to Drop Db and palm-mute hard directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces—Carpenter's percussive attack comes from aggressive right-hand technique, not just gain.

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