Everlong amp settings — Behringer Ae108 vintage

The Foo fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Behringer Ae108 vintage with a Gibson Les Paul Special. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — main drop-D chorus and heavy riff

The AC108 Vintage is an 8-inch, single-channel tube-preamp practice combo lacking dedicated presence or reverb knobs, so gain is pushed to 8 to generate post-grunge crunch directly from the 12AX7 stage. The Les Paul Special's P-90 pickups provide strong natural mid bark, allowing the mid control to sit at 7 while keeping bass at 6 to prevent the small 8-inch speaker from flubbing on the low D power chords. With an external distortion pedal, set the amp gain down to 3 and let the pedal drive the tone. Clean verse: roll guitar volume back to 4-5 and pick lightly.

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