Everlong amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Foo fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — Main driving riff/chorus

Original rig

Gibson ES-335 into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red Channel) blended with Fender Tone Master, 4x12 cab with Celestion V30s

Thick, high-gain post-grunge wall-of-sound with aggressive upper-mid punch

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD1

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	6
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Marshall MG30CFX's OD1 channel delivers the necessary crunch and gain saturation for Grohl's iconic wall-of-sound rhythm without becoming overly fizzy like OD2. We push mids to 6 to capture the focused upper-mid punch of the Dual Rectifier and V30 blend, while your Les Paul bridge humbucker supplies the tight low-end attack. Clean intro: switch to the Clean channel with volume at 10.

PRO TIPEverlong is in Drop D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-E); use aggressive, continuous downstrokes on the low D and A strings during the verse to get the characteristic driving percussive rumble.

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