Sex tape amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb
The Deftones guitar tone for “Sex tape”, dialed in for a Fender Twin Reverb with a Fender Squire Stratocaster. Studio version, Diamond Eyes (2010)
ESP 8-string guitars with dual humbuckers, Mesa Boogie Mark IV and Diezel VH4 heads, Boss ODB-3 and various fuzz pedals for low-end saturation, heavy down-tuning (F or lower)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
01High-gain distortion pedal (Boss DS-1, ProCo RAT, or similar)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone as Twin Reverb cannot produce the required saturation. Run amp clean and let pedal provide all dirt.
Carpenter uses Bogner Uberschall and Mesa high-gain heads into 8-string guitars tuned to F. Your Twin Reverb is a pristine clean platform with zero high-gain capability—amp gain stays low (3) to avoid fizzy breakup while a distortion pedal handles saturation. Single-coil Strat lacks the low-end mass of his humbuckers, so bass is pushed to 7 and mids scooped to 4 to approximate the wall-of-sound weight. Neck pickup with tone rolled to 6 warms the single-coil ice.
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