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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
PRS Custom 24
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'Mesa Dual Rectifier'
Room Reverb
Noise Gate
← Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Intensity
6
Threshold
5dB
Compressor
← Light studio compression
Intensity
3
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Mesa Dual Rectifier'
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern) + Marshall layer
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
8
Presence
7
Room Reverb
← Studio room ambience
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
10ms
Mix
0.1
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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