Given up amp settings — Vox mini5-RM

The Linkin park guitar tone for “Given up”, dialed in for a Vox mini5-RM with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Minutes to Midnight (2007)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS Custom 22/24 with humbuckers, Boss NS-2 noise suppressor, no overdrive pedals

Ultra-saturated high-gain wall of sound with scooped mids and massive low-end

Amp settings — Vox mini5-RM

CHANNELNU-METAL amp voice

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	10
Bass	5
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01High-gain distortion pedal (e.g., Boss MT-2 Metal Zone or TC Electronic Dark Matter)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Vox Mini5's amp models cannot reach Dual Rectifier saturation levels alone. A dedicated high-gain pedal is essential for this tone.

Level 7 · Low 6 · High 5 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The original uses a Dual Rectifier's crushing preamp gain with humbuckers. Your Strat's single coils have lower output and brighter voicing, so I've cut treble -1 from original settings and rolled tone knob to 6 to tame ice-pick highs. The Vox Mini5's NU-METAL voice is the closest approximation, but it lacks the gain depth of a real Rectifier—without a high-gain pedal, you'll hit maybe 60% of the saturation needed for those sustained power chords.

PRO TIPTune to Drop C# (C# G# C# F# A# D#) and use your Strat's bridge pickup with the tone rolled slightly back. Palm-mute aggressively on the low strings and let the chords ring fully on the open sections—the contrast between tight chugs and wide-open sustain defines this song's dynamics.

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