Riff Tone

Livin’ It Up

Limp Bizkit

Guitarmetal2000s

Original Gear

GuitarIbanez RG7 7-string (likely RG7620 or RG7420, as used by Wes Borland in this era)

AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (studio recording, Chocolate Starfish era)

PickupsIbanez stock humbuckers (likely V7/V8 or similar, passive humbuckers)

Amp Settings

gain0

bass5.5

mid4.5

treble7

reverb1

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

delayUnknown Delay pedal (model unknown)

Notes

Studio recording, 2000 (Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water). Wes Borland used Ibanez 7-strings and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for clean and heavy tones. No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. No evidence of live-specific gear for this part.

Tone Character(10)

clean and glassybright and articulatetight, punchy low endslightly scooped midspercussive attackclear note separationmodern, hi-fi cleansubtle ambienceminimal breakupnot warm/vintage, but crisp

Difficulty

The clean riff requires precise, percussive picking and muting to maintain clarity and groove, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast runs.

Sources

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