Everlong amp settings — Austin GA-10
The Foo figthers guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Austin GA-10 with a Austin ST-100. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997)
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head, Gibson Trini Lopez/RD Standard with PAF-style humbuckers, bridge pickup, Drop D tuning
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 0 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED — Boss DS-1 or ProCo Rat clone)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The GA-10 is a small practice amp that cannot produce the saturated high-gain compression of a Dual Rectifier on its own. A distortion pedal is essential to get anywhere close. Run amp gain at 3-4 if you add this pedal.
The Austin GA-10 is a 10W solid-state practice amp with limited gain and no presence control. I pushed gain to 8 (its maximum usable saturation), cut bass to 4 to prevent flub through the small speaker, and rolled tone knob to 8 to tame the inherent brightness of your ST-100's single coils vs Grohl's humbuckers. Without a distortion pedal, you will get a crunchy tone but not the wall-of-sound compression of the original.
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