Faint amp settings — Fender Champion 20
The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “Faint”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Washburn Maverick Series. Studio version, Meteora (2003) — main heavy rhythm riff
PRS Custom 24 into Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier and Peavey 5150 blend, boosted with an Ibanez TS9 and Boss NS-2 noise gate
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss DS-1 Distortion
BOOST role — run into amp input with low distortion to tighten low-end attack like the original TS9 boost
The Fender Champion 20 has no mid or presence controls, so mid and presence are set to null while its 2-band EQ handles low-end punch and top-end bite on the onboard Metal voice. Brad Delson's signature saturation comes from high-gain Mesa/5150 heads pushed by an overdrive, so the Champion's Metal voice provides the primary saturation while your owned DS-1 serves as a front-end tighten boost with drive rolled down and level up. Verse clean-up: roll guitar volume down to 4 or click off the DS-1 for softer passages.
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