Everlong amp settings — Strydom Mini Riot

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Strydom Mini Riot with a Medellin Mdw1eh. 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 High Gain channel) and Marshall 4x12 cab, with ProCo Rat used on tracks

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

Amp settings — Strydom Mini Riot

CHANNELOverdrive / Drive mode

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Distortion 6 · Filter 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Strydom Mini Riot is an ultra-compact practice unit lacking dedicated midrange and presence controls, so mid and presence are nulled while treble is pushed to 7 to replicate the Mesa Modern top-end bite. With no external pedals owned, the amp's onboard drive channel is set to gain 7 to deliver the necessary grunge crunch straight from the speaker. Adding an external Rat pedal in the future will tighten the low-end definition and match Dave Grohl's exact tracking chain.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop D and use aggressive downpicking close to the bridge saddle; let the open D string ring clearly through the octave chord shapes to achieve the signature driving resonance.

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