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Livin' It Up Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Ibanez Musician MC150PW (modded, 4-string, used for main clean parts on Chocolate Starfish era)
Pickups
Ibanez Super 58 humbuckers (stock or similar, likely bridge position for clarity)
Amp
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2000 (Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water). Wes Borland is documented using the JC-120 for clean tones in this era, especially for the album's clean sections. No evidence of live rig or other amps for this clean part.
Amp Settings
Mids4.5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb2
Treble7
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger · chorus
Ibanez Musician MC150PW → Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger → Roland JC-120 (spring reverb on)
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Tone Character
- crystal-clear and glassy
- lush chorus shimmer
- tight and percussive attack
- articulate note separation
- bright but not harsh
- slightly compressed
- wide stereo image
- distinct chorus modulation
- studio-polished clarity
- no audible drive or breakup
Notes & Caveats
- Gain adjusted to 0 for clean tone
- No direct source lists exact JC-120 knob settings for 'Livin' It Up' clean part; settings estimated based on typical JC-120 clean usage and era.
- Pedal model inferred from era and Wes Borland's documented pedalboard; chorus effect is clearly audible in the clean riff.
- Pickup choice inferred from tone clarity and typical Borland approach for clean parts.
- No evidence of delay, flanger, or reverb pedals in this clean section; chorus is the only modulation effect clearly present.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Wes Borland's tone on 'Livin' It Up' is a modern, scooped, high-gain nu-metal sound typical of late 90s/early 2000s Limp Bizkit, likely using a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier or similar amp with heavy gain, tight bass, scooped mids, and crisp treble/presence, with a very dry, studio-tight production and no audible reverb.