No. 1312000·nu-metal·6 blocks
Papercut
The tight, scooped nu-metal rhythm tone that opens Hybrid Theory. Brad Delson's 'Papercut' is built on a PRS run into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier on the Modern channel — cut at NRG Studios with Don Gilmore, half-step-down and dropped to Drop C# for a low, percussive chug that locks into Mike Shinoda's verse. The Recto supplies a compressed, gated wall of gain; a Boss NS-2 keeps the high-gain noise floor silent between the syncopated palm mutes.
Hybrid TheorySignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
PRS CE 24
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#)
Noise Gate
Booster
Lead
Plate
Noise Gate
← Boss NS-2
Threshold
50dB
Release
30s
Level
0
Booster
← Optional tightening boost (not on the original)
Drive
35
Bottom
55
Tone
50
Level
65
Lead
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern)
Gain
8
Volume
6
Bass
6
Middle
4
Treble
6
Presence
6
Master
6
Plate
← Studio ambience (minimal)
Time
3ms
PreDelay
15ms
Tone
4
EffectLevel
5
Engineer's note
File 131
The tight, scooped nu-metal rhythm tone that opens Hybrid Theory. Brad Delson's 'Papercut' is built on a PRS run into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier on the Modern channel — cut at NRG Studios with Don Gilmore, half-step-down and dropped to Drop C# for a low, percussive chug that locks into Mike Shinoda's verse. The Recto supplies a compressed, gated wall of gain; a Boss NS-2 keeps the high-gain noise floor silent between the syncopated palm mutes.
— Brad Delson
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