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Given Up Bass Tone Settings — LINKIN PARK
LINKIN PARK · 2000s (decade) · Post-hardcore / hard rock / heavy metal
Original Recording
Bass
Music Man StingRay (Dave “Phoenix” Farrell’s touring bass for Minutes to Midnight era)
Pickups
Humbucker (standard StingRay pickup)
Amp
Ampeg SVT-CL head through Ampeg 8x10 cabinets
Pickup Position
bridge (standard StingRay humbucker)
Dave Farrell used a Music Man StingRay bass during the Meteora/Minutes to Midnight era; live, he reportedly used a battered StingRay specifically for “Given Up” as a stage joke, with distortion applied heavily
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain7.5
Treble7
Presence6.5
compression5
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Tone Character
- aggressive
- distorted
- cutting through mix
- raw and gritty
Playing Technique
- pick
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