Swerve City amp settings — 7mor Orange
The Deftones guitar tone for “Swerve City”, dialed in for a 7mor Orange with a Bromo BAA4C. Studio version, Koi No Yokan (2012)
Stephen Carpenter's eight-string ESP guitars with EMG pickups, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier amps, heavy distortion pedals with significant reverb/atmospheric processing
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss DS-1 or ProCo RAT
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Needed for the scooped modern high-gain character; Orange's natural voicing is warmer/fuzzier than Mesa Rectifier's tight aggression. A RAT or DS-1 tightens the low end and adds that modern metal grind.
02Hall/Plate Reverb Pedal (e.g., Boss RV-6, TC Hall of Fame)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for the shoegaze wash that defines this track's atmosphere. Run after distortion for that 'wall of sound' effect.
Your Orange amp naturally has warm, compressed low-mids which actually helps approximate the thick Deftones wall-of-sound, but it lacks the tight, scooped modern Rectifier aggression. Dropping treble and presence from where a Mesa would sit prevents the Orange's inherent warmth from becoming muddy. The Bromo's acoustic-electric nature means you're working with piezo or similar pickups — keep tone rolled slightly back to reduce piezo quack and simulate humbucker warmth. Without a distortion pedal, the Orange's gain alone will be fuzzier and less defined than the original.
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