GuitarDistortedRiff
Given Up Riff Guitar Tone Settings — LINKIN PARK
LINKIN PARK · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
PRS Custom 24
Pickups
PRS HFS Treble (bridge) humbucker
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (3-channel, Multi-Watt)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2007 (Minutes to Midnight sessions). Brad Delson used PRS Custom 24 guitars and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amps for heavy rhythm tones on 'Given Up'. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section. All evidence points to the bridge humbucker and high-gain amp settings typical of Linkin Park's nu-metal/alt-metal era.
Amp Settings
Mids4.5
Bass6
Gain8
Reverb0
Treble6.5
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- Noise gate (model unknown) · noise_gate
PRS Custom 24 (bridge pickup) → Noise gate → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (no reverb, no effects loop)
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- aggressive palm muting
- scooped midrange
- high-gain saturation
- articulate and fast attack
- dry and immediate
- minimal ambience
- modern nu-metal crunch
- compressed and noise-gated
- bridge pickup clarity