Even flow amp settings — Fender Frontman 20G

The Pearl jam guitar tone for “Even flow”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 20G with a Fender Jaguar. Studio version, Ten (1991) — iconic drop-D main riff and lead intro

Original rig

1962 Reissue / 1959 Fender Stratocaster + Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer into Marshall JCM800 2203 blended with a 1959 Fender Bassman

Gritty, punchy early-90s grunge crunch with aggressive upper-mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Fender Frontman 20G

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not owned (run direct into amp input)

Drive 7 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Frontman 20G solid-state overdrive channel becomes fizzy and harsh rather than producing McCready's tube-saturated Marshall/Bassman crunch. To prevent poor solid-state clipping, keep the amp on the Clean channel at low gain and use an external overdrive pedal like a TS9. Rolling your Jaguar's tone knob down to 8 warms up its naturally bright single coils to match the thicker Strat tone on the record.

PRO TIPDrop your low E string to D (Drop D tuning) and dig in hard near the bridge pickup with a heavy pick to capture the rhythmic percussive bounce of the opening riff.

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