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My own summer amp settings — Squier SP.10

The Deftones guitar tone for “My own summer”, dialed in for a Squier SP.10 with a Giannini Stratocaster. Main riff and chorus, Studio version, Around the Fur (1997)

Original rig

ESP Stef B-7 (Seymour Duncan JB) → Marshall JMP-1 preamp (OD1 mode) → Mesa Strategy 400 power amp → Marshall 1960B 4x12 (Celestion G12T-75)

Crushing, percussive high-gain rhythm with tight low-end, scooped mids, and aggressive pick attack
Amp settings — Squier SP.10
CHANNELClean channel (OD button off)BOOSToff
GAIN 2 BASS 5 TREBLE 5 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass5
Treble5
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Mooer GE-100: DS/OD Block (TS Drive / Tube Screamer Model)

Clean boost in front of the amp model to tighten low-end attack

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Mooer GE-100: AMP Block (J800 / Marshall High-Gain Model)

Primary gain source emulating the Marshall JMP-1/Mesa setup

Gain 8 · Bass 7 · Mid 4 · Treble 7

03Mooer GE-100: CAB Block (4x12 G12T / UK 4x12)

Emulates the Marshall 1960B cabinet

Level 7
Why these settings

The Squier SP.10 is a single-channel practice amp with only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no mid or presence), so set its gain low (2) on clean to serve as a neutral platform for the Mooer GE-100. The GE-100 generates the Marshall JMP-1 saturation using its high-gain British amp model tightened with a TS-style overdrive block up front. To compensate for single-coil Strat pickups versus Stephen Carpenter's high-output humbucker in Drop Db, push the GE-100 gain and bass up to thicken the low-end chug. Clean verse: bypass the DS/OD and AMP blocks on the GE-100.

PRO TIPDeftones' Drop Db tuning demands aggressive downpicking right next to the bridge saddles to get Stephen Carpenter's signature dry, percussive string clack on the muted chords.

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