Everlong amp settings — Peavy Rage 158

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Peavy Rage 158 with a Greg Bennett Malibu. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (high gain channel), Gibson Trini Lopez/RD Standard with PAF-style humbuckers, bridge pickup, Drop D tuning

Thick, saturated high-gain crunch with tight low-end and aggressive upper-mid bite — classic late-90s alt-rock wall of sound

Amp settings — Peavy Rage 158

CHANNELHigh Gain (only channel available)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 or ProCo Rat clone

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Rage 158's solid-state gain is thin and fizzy at high settings; a dirt pedal in front with amp gain at 3-4 will get you closer to the Mesa's saturated compression. A used DS-1 runs $30.

Tone 5 · Level 7 · Dist 6

Why these settings

The Rage 158 is a practice solid-state amp with a harsh, scooped voice compared to the Mesa Rectifier's thick tube saturation. I pushed mids to 7 (vs original 6) to compensate for the Peavey's natural scoop, dropped bass to 4 (vs original 5-6) because small speakers flub out with too much low-end, and cut treble to 6 to tame solid-state fizz. Without a pedal, this is the closest you'll get — but the tone will lack the original's harmonic compression.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and palm-mute the open D string HARD on the verse riff — Grohl's tone lives in that percussive, chugging attack. Roll your tone knob to 8 to shave the ice-pick highs your single-coils will add vs his humbuckers.

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