Faint amp settings — Boss Katana Air

The Linkin park guitar tone for “Faint”, dialed in for a Boss Katana Air with a Fender Player Stratocaster. 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 — Boss Katana Air

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana-Air uses the high-gain Brown amp model to emulate the multi-tracked Dual Rectifier and 5150 rhythm wall. To compensate for the single-coil bridge pickup on a Stratocaster compared to Brad Delson's hot humbuckers, bass is raised to 7 and treble is tamed to 5, while presence is null because the Katana-Air faceplate lacks a dedicated presence knob.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop D (or Drop C# if playing along to the record) and use heavy, precise palm-muting right at the bridge saddles to keep the chugging riffs punchy and tight on single-coil pickups.

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