Everlong amp settings — Glarry GA-20
The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Glarry GA-20 with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s 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 Marshall JCM900 with ProCo Rat
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 6 |
The Glarry GA-20 is a basic solid-state practice amp without presence or reverb knobs, so we engage the Drive switch with gain at 7 to provide the necessary crunch on its own. To compensate for the thin, bright single-coil bridge pickup on your Squier Strat compared to Dave Grohl's humbucker-loaded Trini Lopez, the guitar tone knob is pulled back to 8 and amp bass is pushed to 7. Adding a distortion pedal like a ProCo Rat down the road will allow running the amp clean for tighter low-end tracking.
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