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Times Like These amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Times Like These”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Epiphone ES-335. Studio version, One by One (2002)

Original rig

Gibson DG-335 with PAF-style humbuckers → Vox AC30 / Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, no pedals for main rhythm tone

Mid-forward crunch with chimey clarity on clean passages, thick but articulate drive on heavier sections

Amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT

CHANNELDirty

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 35RT runs warmer and thicker in the low-mids than the Vox AC30 original, so bass is dropped to 4 (vs the original's 5-6) and mids pushed to 7 to maintain that articulate rock center. Gain is set to 5 rather than 6-7 because the Orange's dirty channel saturates faster than a cranked AC30. Use your guitar volume knob at 6-7 for the quieter verse passages to clean up the signal—this is the key technique Grohl uses for dynamics on this track.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar volume to 6 during the intro arpeggios and verses, then slam it to 10 for the chorus hits. The ES-335's semi-hollow body responds beautifully to this technique and mimics how Grohl gets clean-to-crunch transitions without touching the amp.

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