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What guitar does Linkin Park play?

On the From Zero tour Mike Shinoda uses a Fender Stratocaster he hand-painted, a Fender Blacktop Baritone Telecaster and a custom-painted PRS from the Meteora era. Brad Delson has long been seen with PRS Custom 24s and in the studio has played a Fender Custom Shop 1962 Strat, a 1970 Gibson ES-335 and a 1973 Fender Mustang.

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What guitar does Mike Shinoda play?

On the From Zero tour he uses a Fender Stratocaster he hand-painted, a Fender Blacktop Baritone Telecaster and a custom-painted Meteora-era PRS, all on custom Kill Spencer straps.

What guitars does Brad Delson use?

His touring rig, played by Alex Feder, uses a red 2008 PRS Custom 24, a PRS DC3, a black Gibson SG and Fender Custom Shop Rory Gallagher Strats. Premier Guitar's 2014 studio visit found a Fender Custom Shop 1962 Strat, a 1973 Mustang, a 1970 ES-335, a PRS SE245 and an MJT Telecaster.

What amp does Linkin Park use?

Live, guitars and bass run through Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III units, with Radial KL-8 and JX44 switching. For The Hunting Party, Brad Delson recorded through Orange TH100, Bogner Twin Jet, Engl Fireball 100 and Chandler GAV19T heads.

What DAW does Mike Shinoda use?

Mix reported in 2005 that he recorded to a Mac-based Pro Tools setup at home and on the road, through a Mackie Onyx 1220 mixer, and he said he used Mackie HR824 monitors at home. The live rig now runs on Ableton Live.

What plugins does Mike Shinoda use?

He told Waves in 2009 that the Renaissance Compressor and EQ, L2 and MondoMod were among his must-haves, and that the live master chain ended in a Waves C4 and L2 Ultramaximizer.

What bass does Dave Farrell use?

A Fender Custom Shop Precision Bass and Ernie Ball Music Man StingRays with Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky strings and Dunlop .88mm picks.

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Linkin Park is the Los Angeles band behind Hybrid Theory, Meteora and From Zero. This guide covers the guitars, basses and rack from their From Zero tour Rig Rundown with Mike Shinoda and the band's techs, plus Brad Delson's studio guitars, amps and pedals from The Hunting Party sessions, his PRS guitars, and Mike Shinoda's Pro Tools studio, Mackie monitors and Waves plugins.

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