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bleed it out amp settings — Fender Princeton Reverb

The linkin park guitar tone for “bleed it out”, dialed in for a Fender Princeton Reverb with a donner dst-80. Studio version, Minutes to Midnight (2007) - Main Riff

Original rig

Fender 1950s Stratocaster into cranked Soldano SLO-100 and Marshall JCM800

Aggressive, punchy punk-rock crunch with sharp mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Fender Princeton Reverb

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Treble	7
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Distortion 6 · Filter 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

A cranked Fender Princeton cannot fully achieve Soldano high-gain saturation on its own, so push the Volume/Gain to 8 for maximum natural power-tube breakup while cutting bass to 4 to prevent low-end flub. Treble is dialed to 7 to compensate for the naturally scooped Fender voicing and match the aggressive bite of the track. Adding a high-gain distortion pedal like a Rat into the clean input is the ultimate upgrade to nail this modern punk crunch.

PRO TIPAggressively palm-mute with a heavy 1.0mm+ pick right against the bridge saddles to get the tight, percussive chug heard on the record without letting open chords ring out.

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