The divide amp settings — Fender Tone Master Pro
The Linkin Park guitar tone for “The divide”, dialed in for a Fender Tone Master Pro with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Main heavy rhythm riff, 'New Divide' (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen OST / 2009 single)
Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (Channel 3 Modern) blended with Diezel VH4, Marshall 4x12 with Celestion V30s
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 6 |
01Gate (TMP Noise Gate block)
Placed first to silence single-coil hum and clamp staccato palm-mutes
02Overdrive (TMP Greenbox / TS-style block)
Used strictly as a clean mid-boost to tighten the bottom end before the Mesa model
The original cut relies on Brad Delson's PRS humbuckers pushing high-gain Mesa Rectifier and Diezel channels, so your Strat bridge single-coil needs compensation. The TS-style overdrive block trims flubby lows and focuses the punchy 1kHz mids while keeping pedal drive at 0, and rolling the Strat tone knob to 8 softens single-coil ice-pick frequencies. Drop D tuning is essential to capture the heavy low-end tracking of the signature chorus riff. Verse clean tone: bypass the TS-style block and switch the amp channel to Channel 1 Clean.
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