Everlong amp settings — Yamaha GA15 Yamaha

The Foo fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Yamaha GA15 Yamaha with a Yamaha ERG 121 Yamaha. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, Gibson ES-335/Trini Lopez (bridge humbucker), Drop D tuning

Tight, punchy high-gain crunch with strong mids and controlled low-end thump

Amp settings — Yamaha GA15 Yamaha

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Yamaha GA15 is a basic solid-state practice amp with limited gain and a bright, thin voicing compared to a Mesa Rectifier's thick saturation. Gain pushed to 8 to extract maximum dirt from the preamp. Mid boosted to 7 to compensate for the amp's naturally scooped character. Bass cut to 4 because small speakers muddy quickly. Your ERG 121 has similar-output humbuckers to an ES-335, so no pickup compensation needed. This will get you in the ballpark, but the GA15 cannot replicate true Rectifier saturation—an overdrive pedal (Boss DS-1, ProCo Rat) would close the gap significantly.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and palm-mute aggressively on the low D string during the main riff—Grohl's tone lives in the pick attack, not sustained notes. Dig in hard with a thick pick (1mm+) positioned near the bridge for maximum chunk.

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