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.

Meteora coverMeteora
Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
Guitar
PRS Custom 24
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Search ToneNET for 'Mesa Dual Rectifier' or 'Recto Modern'
Search ToneNET for 'Mesa Dual Rectifier' or 'Recto Modern'
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern) + Marshall layer
Reverb

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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