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Monkey Wrench amp settings — Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Monkey Wrench”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997)

Original rig

Gibson RD Standard (humbuckers) → ProCo Rat → Fender Zinky ToneMaster 100W into Mesa 4x12

Aggressive, mid-forward crunch with tight low end and punchy pick attack

Amp settings — Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV

CHANNELClean (Drive channel OFF)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer

This is your primary gain source — the original used a ProCo Rat. TS9DX in Turbo mode gets closer to that compressed saturation. Push the Level to hit the Hot Rod's preamp.

Drive 7 · Tone 6 · Level 7 · Mode TS9 or Turbo

Why these settings

The original used humbuckers into a Rat for thick, compressed gain. Your Tele's single-coil bridge is brighter and thinner, so I've cut treble by 1 and boosted mids by 1 vs typical settings to compensate. The Hot Rod Deluxe's clean channel stays clean while your TS9DX provides all the dirt — amp gain at 3 just adds warmth without mud. Rolling tone knob to 7 tames the Tele's ice-pick highs.

PRO TIPPalm-mute the low E string slightly looser than you think — Grohl's attack on the verse riff has a percussive thump that comes from letting the string breathe just before the chunk. Dig in hard with a 1mm pick angled toward the bridge pickup.

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