Everlong amp settings — Ibanez GTA10

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Ibanez GTA10 with a Ibanez GRX20Z. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — iconic drop-D verse/chorus riff

Original rig

Gibson Trini Lopez / ES-335 into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel) & Marshall JCM900, ProCo Rat

Punchy, saturated post-grunge crunch with scooped low-mids and sharp pick attack

Amp settings — Ibanez GTA10

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

Primary high-gain source providing the aggressive 90s crunch

Tone 5 · Level 6 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Boss DS-1 acts as the primary gain source to replicate the Mesa Dual Rectifier's aggressive saturation into the clean channel of the Ibanez GTA10, preventing muddy double-gain stacking. The GTA10 EQ is kept balanced with a slight low-end bump to help compensate for its small practice speaker. The DS-1 Tone knob is dialed to 5 to deliver aggressive upper-mid bite without becoming harsh through the solid-state front end.

PRO TIPTune the low E string down to Drop D and use aggressive, highly rhythmic downstrokes with a heavy pick (1.0mm+) to nail Dave Grohl's driving percussive attack.

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