Numb amp settings — Blackstar DEBUT50RBLK

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “Numb”, dialed in for a Blackstar DEBUT50RBLK with a Gibson Les Paul Special. Studio version, Meteora (2003)

Original rig

PRS Custom 24 → Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (NYC) → Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier

Thick nu-metal wall of gain with smooth sustain and controlled low-end thump

Amp settings — Blackstar DEBUT50RBLK

CHANNELOverdrive (OD2) with ISF at 2 o'clock (British/Mesa voicing)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Big Muff Pi

Engage for chorus/heavy sections; bypass for clean arpeggiated verses

Volume 6 · Tone 5 · Sustain 7

Why these settings

Dropped amp gain from 7 to 3 because your Big Muff provides the saturation—stacking both creates mud. The Blackstar's ISF set toward British/CW approximates the Rectifier's scooped-but-thick voicing. Your Les Paul's hotter humbuckers match the PRS output well, so no further gain compensation needed.

PRO TIPFor the verse clean-ish arpeggio, keep the Muff off and roll your guitar volume to 5—Delson used this trick to get both sounds from the same amp patch without switching channels.

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