Numb amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Linkin park guitar tone for “Numb”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Solar 8. Studio version, Meteora (2003) — main heavy rhythm crunch

Original rig

PRS Custom 24 with HFS humbuckers into Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern high-gain) blended with a cranked Marshall 1959SLP Plexi

Thick, saturated nu-metal rhythm wall of sound with tight low-end and biting upper mids

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	7
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Why these settings

The Brown amp type captures the high-gain saturation of Brad Delson's Mesa Dual Rectifier and Marshall Plexi blend. Because your Solar 8 has high-output humbuckers and an extended low-end response, bass is kept at 5 to prevent flub while mids are pushed to 6 to emulate the cutting upper-mid bite of the studio mix. The Katana 50 MkII physically lacks a presence knob, so it is omitted.

PRO TIPBrad Delson layered identical Drop C# rhythm parts 4 to 6 times using heavy downstrokes right against the bridge; use a thick 1.0mm+ pick and aggressive palm muting to achieve that tight, mechanical percussive punch.

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