Everlong amp settings — NUX MG-300

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — iconic main drop-D verse/chorus riff

Original rig

Gibson Trini Lopez / ES-335 into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel), Marshall 4x12 cab, ProCo Rat pedal

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

Amp settings — NUX MG-300

CHANNELDUAL RECT (Rectifier Modern model) + 1960A 4x12 IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ROD 808 / Screamer Block (NUX MG-300 EFX)

Used as a tight boost in front of the high-gain Recto amp model to tighten low end and add pick attack

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Noise Gate (NUX MG-300 NR)

Keeps high-gain chugging tight during Drop-D octave riffs

Sens 6 · Decay 4

Why these settings

To compensate for the Stratocaster's single-coil bridge pickup compared to Dave Grohl's humbucker-equipped Trini Lopez, the tone knob is rolled back slightly to 8 while bumping bass to 6 on the Rectifier model. The onboard TS-style boost tightens the low-end flub characteristic of the Dual Rectifier's Modern mode, keeping the fast drop-D 16th-note strumming articulate. Clean intro: bypass the boost block and roll guitar volume down to 6.

PRO TIPEverlong is tuned to Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E); use aggressive, continuous down-and-up 16th-note alternate strumming strictly from the wrist while keeping the octave chord shapes clamped tight with your fretting hand.

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