Faint amp settings — Blackstar Beam mini

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “Faint”, dialed in for a Blackstar Beam mini with a Ibanez RG421. Studio version, Meteora (2003)

Original rig

PRS Custom 24 into Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier & Peavey 5150 blend with Ibanez TS9 boost and Boss NS-2 noise gate

Aggressive, modern high-gain nu-metal rhythm with tight low end and sharp bite

Amp settings — Blackstar Beam mini

CHANNELOD 2 (ISF set to 3 for American/Mesa voicing)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end flub and adds transient attack

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 9

Why these settings

The Blackstar Super Fly / ID:Core BEAM format utilizes a single ISF/EQ architecture rather than a full standard 3-band faceplate, so standard bass/mid/treble/presence knobs are omitted. Set the voice to OD 2 with ISF counter-clockwise around 3 to capture the aggressive, scooped American Mesa/5150 low-end bite. Your RG421 bridge humbucker matches the high-output attack of Brad Delson's PRS humbuckers directly into this high-gain voice.

PRO TIPDrop C# tuning requires heavy pick attack right near the bridge saddles with firm palm-muting to achieve that signature machine-gun nu-metal percussiveness.

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