Bleeds no more amp settings — Fender Rumble 40
The Silverstein guitar tone for “Bleeds no more”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 40 with a Fender Player Plus Stratocaster. Studio version, When Broken Is Easily Fixed (2003) — original post-hardcore tone
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (high-gain channel), Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers, no confirmed pedals on rhythm tone — typical early 2000s post-hardcore rig with scooped mids and tight palm mutes
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
This is your gain source — amp stays clean. Mid Freq at 6 (~1kHz) adds cutting presence for palm mutes without mud. Keep Low at 5 to avoid flub through the 10-inch bass speaker.
The Fender Rumble 40 is a bass combo amp with a 10-inch speaker voiced for low-end warmth, not guitar high-gain — it has no presence or reverb controls and cannot produce Dual Rectifier saturation on its own. The MT-2 Metal Zone becomes your entire gain stage; the Rumble is set near-clean (gain 3) to amplify the pedal's output without stacking distortion. Treble raised to 6 compensates for the bass amp's darker voicing vs a guitar cab. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than the original Les Paul humbuckers, so MT-2 High is pulled back from a typical 7-8 to 6 to avoid ice-pick highs.
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