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Livin IT up amp settings — Engl 335

The Limp bizkit guitar tone for “Livin IT up”, dialed in for a Engl 335 with a Fender Player Plus Stratocaster. Studio version, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS Custom 24 with humbuckers, Boss pitch shifters and flanger for texture layers

Thick, scooped nu-metal chunk with tight low-end and aggressive high-mid bite
Amp settings — Engl 335
CHANNELLead channel (high-gain)BRIGHToffBOOSTon
GAIN 7 BASS 6 MID 4 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass6
Mid4
Treble6
Presence5
Reverb0
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Noise Gate (RECOMMENDED — not owned)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for tight nu-metal palm mutes without flub. Boss NS-2 or ISP Decimator works.

Threshold 4 · Decay 2
Why these settings

Your ENGL Screamer 335 is tighter and more mid-focused than a Rectifier, which is naturally scooped and loose. Drop mids to 4 to approximate the Recto scoop, but keep bass at 6 (not maxed) because ENGL's low-end is already tighter — a Recto at bass 8 would equal your bass at 6. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Wes's PRS humbuckers, so roll tone to 7 to tame the ice-pick highs and push gain +1 to compensate for the output difference.

PRO TIPWes's tone on this track relies heavily on palm-mute tightness — anchor your picking hand firmly near the bridge saddles and use downstrokes with a stiff pick (1mm+) to replicate that percussive chunk.

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