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Lying from You amp settings — woodstock GX-55R

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “Lying from You”, dialed in for a woodstock GX-55R with a B.C Rich Mockingbird. Studio version, Meteora (2003)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier + Marshall JCM2000, PRS guitars with DiMarzio D-Sonic pickups, multiple quad-tracked layers, Drop C# tuning

Thick, heavily layered nu-metal crunch with scooped mids, tight low-end, and aggressive pick attack
Amp settings — woodstock GX-55R
BOOSToff
GAIN 7 BASS 6 MID 4 TREBLE 7 REVERB 1 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass6
Mid4
Treble7
Reverb1
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone or similar high-gain distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Woodstock GX-55R is a small solid-state practice amp that cannot achieve Mesa Rectifier saturation alone. Run the amp near-clean and let this pedal be the gain source. A Boss DS-1, Digitech Metal Master, or any affordable high-gain pedal will work.

Level 6 · Low 6 · High 7 · Mid 3 · Mid Freq 5 · Dist 7
Why these settings

The original uses quad-tracked Mesa Rectifiers with massive layering impossible on a single amp. The Woodstock GX-55R is an unrecognized budget solid-state amp, so I've based settings on universal controls only — it likely lacks presence, hence null. Its preamp cannot produce nu-metal saturation, so a high-gain distortion pedal is mandatory; amp gain at 7 adds grit without mud while the pedal handles the heavy lifting. Mid at 4 gives the signature scoop without disappearing.

PRO TIPBrad Delson tuned to Drop C# — if you can't tune that low, use heavier strings (11-54 minimum) to maintain tension and tightness in the low end, and dig in hard with downstrokes on the palm-muted sections to replicate that percussive chunk.

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