Eventually amp settings — Mesa Boogie Mark V:25
The Tame Impala guitar tone for “Eventually”, dialed in for a Mesa Boogie Mark V:25 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio cut, Currents (2015) — signature heavy fuzz riff hits and verses
Rickenbacker 335 / Stratocaster DI -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> EHX Small Stone -> DAW console preamp & tape saturation
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 3 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 4 |
01Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Nano Phaser
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for Kevin Parker's swirling psychedelic modulation
02Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; run into a clean channel to nail the exact console-clipping overdrive profile
The original riff relies on DI console overdrive and tape saturation rather than a miked tube stack, so Channel 2 on 'Xtreme' mode provides the sharp, raspy, square-wave distortion needed to mimic that direct-injected fuzz without pedals. The Jazzmaster's neck pickup provides the necessary low-end body, while dropping the amp's presence to 3 and rolling the guitar tone knob down to 7 tames single-coil glassiness to emulate the dark, filtered top-end of the album cut. Clean verse: switch to Channel 1 'Fat' mode with gain at 4 and pluck softly.
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