Riff Tone
A Place for My Head
LINKIN PARK
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarPRS Custom 24
AmpMesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
PickupsPRS humbuckers (likely HFS/Vintage Bass set, stock for era)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
mid5
treble6.5
reverb1
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, Hybrid Theory album (2000). Guitar and amp confirmed for this song/era. Clean settings inferred as no explicit clean section settings found; all cited settings are for distorted tones.
Tone Character(10)
clean and glassybright and articulatetight low endslightly scooped midspercussive attackstudio-polished claritydynamic responseminimal breakupsubtle ambiencemodern nu-metal clean
Difficulty
The clean riff requires tight timing, dynamic picking, and palm muting for clarity, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast runs.
Sources
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Original Gear
GuitarPRS Custom 24
AmpMesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
PickupsPRS humbuckers (likely HFS/Vintage Bass set, stock for era)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
mid5
treble6.5
reverb1
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, Hybrid Theory album (2000). Guitar and amp confirmed for this song/era. Clean settings inferred as no explicit clean section settings found; all cited settings are for distorted tones.
Tone Character(10)
clean and glassybright and articulatetight low endslightly scooped midspercussive attackstudio-polished claritydynamic responseminimal breakupsubtle ambiencemodern nu-metal clean
Difficulty
The clean riff requires tight timing, dynamic picking, and palm muting for clarity, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast runs.
A Place for My Head settings for your amp
Exact settings ToneAdapt players use on these amps.
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