Pull the Plug amp settings — Fender Champion II 25

The Death guitar tone for “Pull the Plug”, dialed in for a Fender Champion II 25 with a Ibanez GIO GRG121SP. Studio version, Leprosy (1988) — main rhythm tone

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 / Randall RG100ES, B.C. Rich Stealth with DiMarzio X2N bridge humbucker, Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal boost

Aggressive mid-focused thrash/death metal crunch with tight low-end, cutting upper-mids, and raw unprocessed attack

Amp settings — Fender Champion II 25

CHANNELVoice: Metal (British/Modern high-gain setting)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal (or HM-2 style distortion)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the signature Florida death metal chainsaw bite

Level 8 · Low 7 · High 7 · Dist 5

Why these settings

The Fender Champion II 25 features only Bass and Treble controls (no Mid or Presence knobs), so select the onboard Metal voice to supply the core high-gain Marshall/Randall saturation. Because the Ibanez GIO ceramic bridge humbucker is high-output, keep bass at 5 to prevent low-end flub on the small speaker and push treble to 7 to replicate the piercing DiMarzio X2N pick attack. If you acquire an HM-2 pedal in the future, switch the amp to the Clean voice with gain at 2.

PRO TIPChuck Schuldiner picked extremely hard right against the bridge saddles with thick picks (Dunlop 0.88mm/1.0mm nylon or Tortex) to achieve that snappy, percussive death metal attack without relying on reverb or delay.

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