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 · 6 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
PRS Custom 24
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
Marshall 1959 Super Lead (layered)
Mesa/Boogie Recto 4x12 (Celestion V30)
Shure SM57
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
boost
Threshold
6dB
Decay
3s
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
8
Presence
7
Master
4
Marshall 1959 Super Lead (layered)
preamp
Presence
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
Volume
7
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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