Everlong amp settings — Donner DEA-1
The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Donner DEA-1 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — iconic drop-D verse and chorus riff
Gibson Trini Lopez / ES-335 into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern High Gain) and ProCo Rat
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 6 |
The Donner DEA-1 is a small solid-state practice amp with Gain, Treble, Middle, and Bass (no presence or reverb). Engage the built-in Drive switch and run gain at 7 to capture Dave Grohl's heavy saturation, rolling tone down to 8 on your Strat bridge pickup to compensate for single-coil brightness versus his humbucker-equipped Trini Lopez. Adding an external distortion pedal like a ProCo Rat will provide the true aggressive clipping of the studio cut. Clean intro: switch amp Drive button off and pick lightly over the neck position.
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