Riff Tone
Easier to Run
LINKIN PARK
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Custom Shop 1962 Stratocaster (built by Jason Smith)
AmpChandler GAV19T
PickupsFender single-coil pickups (vintage-style, likely stock 1962 spec)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
mid5
treble7
reverb3
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording for 'Meteora' (2002-2003). Brad Delson used a variety of amps and guitars in the studio, but Premier Guitar confirms the use of the Fender Custom Shop 1962 Stratocaster and Chandler GAV19T for clean tones. No evidence of live-specific gear for this song's clean section.
Tone Character(10)
glassy and smoothclear and articulatelush ambient reverbslightly compressedwarm but not muddyno breakup or drivedynamic response to pickingchorus-like shimmer (possibly double-tracked)not harsh or brittlestudio-polished clean
Difficulty
The clean riff is accessible to most players but requires careful picking dynamics and clean chord transitions to match the studio-polished sound.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Custom Shop 1962 Stratocaster (built by Jason Smith)
AmpChandler GAV19T
PickupsFender single-coil pickups (vintage-style, likely stock 1962 spec)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
mid5
treble7
reverb3
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording for 'Meteora' (2002-2003). Brad Delson used a variety of amps and guitars in the studio, but Premier Guitar confirms the use of the Fender Custom Shop 1962 Stratocaster and Chandler GAV19T for clean tones. No evidence of live-specific gear for this song's clean section.
Tone Character(10)
glassy and smoothclear and articulatelush ambient reverbslightly compressedwarm but not muddyno breakup or drivedynamic response to pickingchorus-like shimmer (possibly double-tracked)not harsh or brittlestudio-polished clean
Difficulty
The clean riff is accessible to most players but requires careful picking dynamics and clean chord transitions to match the studio-polished sound.
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