A place fir my head amp settings — NUX MG-101
The Linkinpark guitar tone for “A place fir my head”, dialed in for a NUX MG-101 with a Heritage Ascent h150. Studio version, Hybrid Theory (2000) — Main heavy chorus & outro rhythm
PRS Custom 24 / Ibanez RG2020X into Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Channel 3 Modern High Gain) into Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01Noise Gate Block (NG)
Essential to cut hum and mute instantly on staccato stops
02TS-Style Drive Block (OD)
Clean boost tightening the low end before the high-gain Recto block
The Heritage Ascent H-150 humbuckers deliver classic warmth and output comparable to Brad Delson's PRS, but mahogany single-cuts can get boomy in low tunings. On the NUX MG-101's Dual Rectifier model, keeping the mids scooped around 4 captures the 2000s nu-metal signature while setting bass to 7 maintains the massive low end without mud. Clean verse switch: bypass the amp drive and OD block to run an acoustic sim or clean model with light digital delay.
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