Numb amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “Numb”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Meteora (2003)

Original rig

PRS Custom 24 (HFS bridge humbucker) → Boss NS-2 Noise Gate → Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern High Gain channel), Drop D tuning

Tight, percussive modern high-gain with scooped mids, chunky palm-muted low end, compressed attack, studio-dry with minimal ambience

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 preset (or manually select Metal 2000 amp model)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Original used Mesa Dual Rectifier's saturated high-gain into humbuckers. The Mustang LT25's Metal 2000 model approximates Rectifier-style saturation. Your Strat's single-coil bridge is brighter and lower output than Delson's HFS humbucker—dropped mid to 3 (vs original 4-5) to compensate for the Strat's inherent mid-presence, and rolled tone knob to 7 to tame the single-coil ice-pick. Gain 7 reaches similar saturation without fizz. Recording was bone-dry, so reverb 0.

PRO TIPPalm-mute hard directly over the bridge saddles for that percussive 'chunk'—the tight attack on the record comes from aggressive right-hand technique combined with the noise gate clamping sustain instantly on release.

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