My own summer amp settings — Nux Mighty 20 mk2

The Deftones guitar tone for “My own summer”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty 20 mk2 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP Horizon (6-string) with Seymour Duncan JB bridge humbucker → Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz → ADA MP-1 preamp → Marshall 9200 power amp → Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab. Drop C# tuning (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#).

Dry, percussive high-gain grind with articulate mids, no reverb, tight low-end thump from detuned 7th-string-equivalent voicing

Amp settings — Nux Mighty 20 mk2

CHANNELUltraBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz (RECOMMENDED)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The FZ-2 adds gritty upper-octave bite and sustain that the ADA MP-1 + Marshall 9200 stack provided. Without it, push amp gain to 10 and accept slightly less articulation.

Fuzz 6 · Tone 5 · Level 6 · Boost 5

Why these settings

The Nux Mighty 20 Mk2's Ultra channel approximates the Marshall power amp grind, but the Strat's single-coil bridge pickup outputs roughly 40% less than Carpenter's JB humbucker. Bass is pushed to 7 to compensate for the Strat's thinner low-end and to simulate the Drop C# detuning's weight. Mid is set to 7 (not scooped) because the ADA MP-1's clarity in low tunings came from forward mids — essential when detuned. Treble is reduced to 5 because the Strat is naturally 3-4kHz brighter than a humbucker-loaded ESP. The FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz is the missing link — it added the compressed, saturated grind that defined this tone; without it, the Strat will sound thinner and less brutal.

PRO TIPTune to Drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) and use heavy strings (0.011-0.050 minimum, ideally 0.012-0.054) to maintain tension and beef up the Strat's naturally thin single-coil output. The riff sits on the low C# string — without the tuning and string gauge, the tone will sound anemic no matter the settings.

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