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How you remind me amp settings — Boss GX-100

The Nickelback guitar tone for “How you remind me”, dialed in for a Boss GX-100 with a Fender Jim Root Telecaster. Studio version, Silver Side Up (2001)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel) + Fender Telecaster with EMG humbuckers (Chad Kroeger also used PRS McCarty 58). Clean sections: Fender Twin Reverb. Drop D tuning.

Scooped modern high-gain with tight palm-muted low-end, aggressive pick attack, and thick saturated power chords
Amp settings — Boss GX-100
CHANNELRECT VNT (Rectifier Vintage) amp block — closest to Mesa Dual Rec Modern voicingBRIGHToffBOOSToff
GAIN 7 BASS 6 MID 3 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass6
Mid3
Treble6
Presence5
Reverb0
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Noise Gate block (built-in)

Enable before amp block to tighten palm mutes

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

02Graphic EQ block (built-in)

Post-amp block in chain — accentuates the mid-scoop at 800Hz characteristic of the Rectifier tone

100Hz 5 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 4 · 800Hz 3 · 1.6kHz 5 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5
Why these settings

Your Jim Root Tele has active EMG pickups matching the modded Teles used on the record — no gain compensation needed. The GX-100 RECT VNT model nails the Dual Rectifier sag and scoop. Mid set to 3 (vs original 5) because the Boss Rectifier model is slightly more mid-forward than the real amp; the GEQ 800Hz cut reinforces the signature scoop. Presence at 5 keeps the fizz in check on the digital model.

PRO TIPThe verse riff uses palm-muted single notes with guitar volume rolled to 6-7 for tighter attack and less saturation — snap volume back to 10 for the explosive chorus power chords. This dynamic contrast is half the song's impact.

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