No. 1292000·nu-metal·4 blocks
One Step Closer
One Step Closer rides Brad Delson's favorite riff he's ever written — a snarling, Drop-D power-chord figure that explodes into the 'shut up when I'm talking to you' breakdown. Cut for Hybrid Theory on a PRS through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, tuned Drop D a half step down, it's a masterclass in restraint: a simple, brutal riff made huge by tight palm-muting, a scooped Recto, and Andy Wallace's mix. The recipe is about tightness and aggression, not complexity.
Hybrid TheorySignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
PRS CE 24
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Brown
Reverb
Noise Gate
← Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Threshold
55dB
Release
20s
Level
0
Brown
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel)
Gain
85
Volume
50
Bass
60
Middle
40
Treble
70
Presence
60
Master
50
Reverb
← Studio room ambience
Time
3ms
PreDelay
10ms
Tone
45
EffectLevel
8
Engineer's note
File 129
One Step Closer rides Brad Delson's favorite riff he's ever written — a snarling, Drop-D power-chord figure that explodes into the 'shut up when I'm talking to you' breakdown. Cut for Hybrid Theory on a PRS through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, tuned Drop D a half step down, it's a masterclass in restraint: a simple, brutal riff made huge by tight palm-muting, a scooped Recto, and Andy Wallace's mix. The recipe is about tightness and aggression, not complexity.
— Brad Delson
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