No. 1302003·nu-metal·5 blocks
Faint
Faint's signature guitar gesture is a fast, down-strummed Drop-D octave hook riding over Meteora's driving string section — bright, cutting, and relentless. Brad Delson tracked it on a PRS through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, with a Marshall layered in (the first time Linkin Park blended amps), tuned Drop D a half step down. The tone has to slice through a dense electronic-and-strings arrangement, so it's pushed brighter and more present than the Hybrid Theory rhythm sound.
MeteoraSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
PRS Custom 24
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Cali Rectifire
4x12 Cali V30
Room
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Threshold
-48dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Light studio compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
4dB
Attack
40s
Release
400s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Cali Rectifire
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern) + Marshall layer
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
8
Presence
7
ChVol
4.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Mesa Recto 4x12 (Celestion V30)
LowCut85Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio room ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
10
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1200Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 130
Faint's signature guitar gesture is a fast, down-strummed Drop-D octave hook riding over Meteora's driving string section — bright, cutting, and relentless. Brad Delson tracked it on a PRS through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, with a Marshall layered in (the first time Linkin Park blended amps), tuned Drop D a half step down. The tone has to slice through a dense electronic-and-strings arrangement, so it's pushed brighter and more present than the Hybrid Theory rhythm sound.
— Brad Delson
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