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Break stuff amp settings — Fender Sp-10

The Limp bizkit guitar tone for “Break stuff”, dialed in for a Fender Sp-10 with a Fender Squire. Studio version, Significant Other (1999)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red Modern High Gain channel), PRS CE-24 or Jackson Rhoads with Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers, tuned Drop D, no drive pedal — amp saturation only

Heavily saturated nu-metal crunch with scooped mids, massive low-end thump, and crisp pick attack definition

Amp settings — Fender Sp-10

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	10
Bass	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01High-Gain Distortion Pedal (Boss DS-1, Metal Zone MT-2, or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The SP-10 cannot produce nu-metal saturation on its own; a distortion pedal is essential. When using this pedal, keep amp gain at 3-4 instead of maxed.

Dist/Gain 8 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The original uses a Mesa Dual Rectifier's cascaded high-gain preamp for saturation — the Fender SP-10 is a 10W solid-state practice amp with minimal preamp gain that cannot approach this territory even maxed. Without a distortion pedal, these settings give you the amp's maximum grit, but expect clean-to-light-breakup rather than nu-metal chunk. With the recommended pedal, drop amp gain to 3-4 and let the pedal handle saturation. Bass boosted +1 vs original to compensate for the small 6" speaker's weak low-end; treble slightly cut because the SP-10 runs bright.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and use aggressive downpicking with your palm resting lightly on the bridge — Borland's tone relies heavily on percussive muted chugs and precise pick attack to cut through the low-end mud.

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