One Step Closer amp settings — Fender étude 10 p

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “One Step Closer”, dialed in for a Fender étude 10 p with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Main riff and heavy chorus, Studio version, Hybrid Theory (2000)

The Étude 10P is a basic solid-state practice amp with only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no Mid or Presence knobs), so engagement of the built-in drive switch at high gain is required to approximate the aggressive saturation. Because the Stratocaster's bridge single-coil is thinner and brighter than Brad Delson's humbuckers, the guitar tone knob is rolled back to 8 to tame harsh fizz, while bass on the amp is kept moderate to prevent the small speaker from flubbing out. A dedicated metal distortion pedal will fully achieve the scooped Dual Rectifier chunk when placed before the amp's clean channel. Harmonic intro/clean bridge: switch to the neck+middle position and pick lightly over the fretboard.

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