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My Way Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Ibanez Musician MC150PW (modified, 4-string, tuned C# standard)
Pickups
Ibanez Super 58 humbuckers (stock for MC150PW, likely neck position for clean)
Amp
Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 (1965, tube combo)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (likely, for warmth and clarity in clean section)
Studio recording, 2000 (Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water); clean riff section. Guitar and amp confirmed by Equipboard and interview quotes for 'My Way' clean tone. Effects chain includes Ibanez flanger and Maestro Echoplex. Pickup selector likely neck or neck+middle for warmth.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb1.5
Treble7
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger · flanger
- Maestro Echoplex (solid-state) · delay
Ibanez Musician MC150PW → Ibanez CF7 Flanger (Whack'd mode) → Maestro Echoplex → Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 (spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- glassy and modulated
- swirling flanger texture
- bright but not harsh
- warm low end
- pronounced midrange
- slightly compressed attack
- clear note separation
- ambient but not drenched in reverb
- distinctive, swirling clean sound
- studio-polished clarity
Notes & Caveats
- Gain adjusted to 0 for clean tone
- No direct numeric amp settings found; settings estimated based on typical Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 clean settings for 2000s nu-metal and interview descriptions.
- Pickup selection inferred from typical clean tone practice and genre, not explicitly stated.
- Pedal settings for Ibanez flanger 'whacked' mode not specified; effect is clearly audible and confirmed by multiple sources.
- Guitar model confirmed for era and album, but pickup type inferred from stock MC150PW specs.
- Amp reverb level estimated; no direct mention of reverb use, but slight ambience is audible in recording.
- No evidence of chorus, phaser, or delay in clean section; only flanger and possible tape echo coloration.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Wes Borland's 'My Way' riff tone is a tight, modern nu-metal sound with high gain, slightly scooped mids, and focused low end. The production is dry and punchy, with little to no reverb, matching late 90s/early 2000s nu-metal conventions and Borland's Mesa/Marshall amp preferences.