Everlong amp settings — Marshall JCM900
The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Marshall JCM900 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — iconic main drop-D verse/chorus riff
Gibson Trini Lopez / ES-335 into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern high-gain channel), Marshall 4x12, ProCo Rat
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01ProCo Rat 2
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens the low-end saturation for the studio tracking sound
To compensate for the single-coil Strat bridge pickup against Grohl's humbucker-loaded Trini Lopez, the bass is pushed to 7 and the guitar tone knob rolled back to 8 to tame high-end shrillness. The JCM900's naturally aggressive upper-mid bite requires keeping the mids at 5 to approximate the scooped, wall-of-sound Mesa Dual Rectifier rhythm track. The Lead channel gain at 7 delivers the heavy drive on its own today without needing external pedals. Clean verse/intro dynamic: roll the Strat volume knob down to 6 to clean up the amp without changing channels.
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