Everlong amp settings — Gear4music S15g 15w

The Foo fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Gear4music S15g 15w with a La electric Normal. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997)

Original rig

Gibson ES-335/Trini Lopez (bridge pickup) → ProCo RAT → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, Drop D tuning

Aggressive, mid-forward crunch with tight low-end and biting upper mids — wall-of-sound layered rhythm

Amp settings — Gear4music S15g 15w

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Gear4music S15G is a basic solid-state practice amp with only gain, bass, treble, and volume — no mid or presence knobs. The original Mesa Rectifier is mid-forward with tight lows; this amp will sound thinner and fizzier at high gain. Pushed gain to 8 to compensate for lack of tube saturation, cut bass to 4 to prevent flub from the small speaker, and rolled treble to 6 to tame solid-state harshness. Without a RAT or similar distortion pedal, you cannot fully replicate the original's saturated crunch.

PRO TIPDrop D tuning is essential — the open low D string powers the main riff. Palm-mute aggressively on the verse chug and let the strings ring wide open on the chorus for contrast. A ProCo RAT clone (Donner Dark Mouse, ~$30) would get you 70% closer to the real tone by letting you run the amp cleaner while the pedal provides the grit.

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