Everlong amp settings — Sanchez TG-20

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Sanchez TG-20 with a Epiphone Les Paul Studio. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — main distorted riff

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel), Gibson Explorer/ES-335/Trini Lopez with humbuckers, Pro Co RAT distortion pedal, Drop D tuning

Thick, aggressive mid-gain crunch with tight low-end and cutting upper-mids; saturated but articulate

Amp settings — Sanchez TG-20

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

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Why these settings

The Sanchez TG-20 is an unrecognized small solid-state practice amp — knob names on your faceplate may differ, and there is no presence control. The original tone uses a Mesa Dual Rectifier with a RAT pedal stacking into the front; without a distortion pedal, you cannot fully reach that saturation. Gain 7 pushes this amp toward its breakup limit while keeping definition. Bass pulled to 5 to avoid flub on a small speaker; mid 6 and treble 6 approximate the Mesa's mid-forward bark.

PRO TIPThe main riff attack comes from aggressive downstrokes with the pick angled slightly — dig in hard near the bridge pickup for that percussive chunk. A RAT-style pedal (Donner Dark Mouse, ENO Myomorpha, or a used ProCo RAT 2) into a cleaner amp setting would get you 80% closer to the recorded saturation.

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