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One Step Closer amp settings — Glarry GA-20

The LINKIN PARK guitar tone for “One Step Closer”, dialed in for a Glarry GA-20 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Hybrid Theory (2000)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS CE 24 with DiMarzio D-Sonic humbuckers, Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (for tightening)

Heavily saturated nu-metal crunch with scooped mids, tight palm-muted low-end, aggressive high-gain distortion

Amp settings — Glarry GA-20

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	10
Bass	8
Mid	3
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9 or clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for tightening the low-end on high-gain settings and adding midrange focus. Run into amp input.

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 7

02Noise Gate (Boss NS-2 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Critical for controlling noise at max gain and achieving tight palm-mute stops.

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

Why these settings

The GA-20 is a small practice amp with limited gain saturation compared to a Dual Rectifier — you will not achieve the same level of compression and sustain. Gain is maxed to compensate. Mids scooped to 3 for the nu-metal character; bass pushed high but the small speaker will not reproduce the Rectifier's sub-bass thump. A Tube Screamer in front is essential to tighten flubby low-end and add the midrange cut that makes palm mutes defined.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D. Your Strat's single coils are significantly lower output and brighter than Delson's D-Sonic humbuckers — lower the bridge pickup as close to the strings as playable (without choking) to increase output, and palm mute harder than you think to compensate for the thinner low-end.

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