Faint amp settings — Kadence ME-20W

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “Faint”, dialed in for a Kadence ME-20W with a Vault RG1. Main rhythm riff, 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 — Kadence ME-20W

CHANNELHigh-Gain / Lead channel

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end flub on high-gain practice amps

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 9

02Noise Gate

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; critical for modern staccato nu-metal stops

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

Why these settings

The Kadence ME-20W is a compact solid-state practice amp, so its high-gain drive channel is set to 8 to deliver the saturation of the original Rectifier/5150 blend without turning the small speaker muddy. Treble is raised to 7 and mids scooped slightly to 4 to mimic the aggressive modern bite on the Vault RG1's passive bridge humbucker. Reverb is cut completely to preserve the bone-dry, razor-sharp punch of the track.

PRO TIPMute firmly with your picking palm directly against the bridge saddles to keep the heavy drop-D power chords tight and prevent low-end flub during the rapid staccato stops.

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