Faint amp settings — Fender G-dec junior

The Linkin park guitar tone for “Faint”, dialed in for a Fender G-dec junior with a Fender Telecaster Thinline. Studio version, Meteora (2003)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS Custom 24 with humbuckers, Tube Screamer for tightening, Drop D tuning

Tight, saturated nu-metal distortion with scooped mids and percussive palm-mute attack

Amp settings — Fender G-dec junior

CHANNELHigh Gain preset (Metal or similar voicing if available)

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The G-Dec Junior is a small modeling amp with limited gain on tap compared to a Dual Rectifier. Push gain to 8 and select the highest-gain amp model available. Your Tele's single coils are brighter and lower output than Delson's humbuckers—bass stays moderate at 5 (vs original's heavier low-end), treble bumps to 7 to compensate for the Tele's natural brightness needing focus rather than addition, and mids sit at 4 for the characteristic nu-metal scoop without going thin.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and use aggressive downpicking right over the bridge pickup pole pieces—the Tele bridge single coil can get surprisingly aggressive with tight palm muting, but you'll need to dig in harder than a humbucker player to achieve that percussive chunk.

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