Everlong amp settings — Yamaha GA15

The Foo fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Yamaha GA15 with a Yamaha Erg 121 GPII. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997) — iconic main drop-D verse/chorus riff

The Yamaha GA15 is a basic solid-state practice amp with a 6.5-inch speaker and a 3-band EQ (no presence or reverb controls). Engage the Drive switch with Gain at 7 to capture the heavy Rectifier saturation without pushing the small speaker into flubby distortion. Scooping the Mid control to 4 emulates the modern Mesa contour while pushing Treble to 7 maintains the signature fast 16th-note pick articulation. Adding a Rat distortion pedal later will allow running the clean channel for a tighter low end.

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