Trooper amp settings — Peavy Valveking100

The Iron maiden guitar tone for “Trooper”, dialed in for a Peavy Valveking100 with a Ibanez Gio gsa60. Live performance, Live After Death (1985) / iconic live tour version (main harmony riff and rhythm)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203/1959 heads + Marshall 4x12 cabs, Fender Stratocaster (DiMarzio Super Distortion / Seymour Duncan Hot Rails bridge humbucker), Ibanez TS9 / MXR Distortion+ boost

Classic NWOBHM crunch with punchy, focused mids, tight low end, and cutting high-mid bite

Amp settings — Peavy Valveking100

CHANNELLeadBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS Mini

Used as a clean mid-boost to tighten the low end and push the ValveKing Lead channel into classic Marshall territory

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Boss GE-7 Equalizer

(FX loop or in front after TS Mini) Shapes the ValveKing's American voicing toward a British upper-mid hump; bypass MT-2 as amp + TS provides authentic gain

100Hz 4 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 6 · 800Hz 7 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5 · Level 5

Why these settings

The ValveKing 100 Lead channel has an American-leaning voicing with looser low-end than a cranked JCM800, so the TS Mini acts as a classic Maiden-style tighten boost with Drive near zero and Level pushed. The Boss GE-7 boosts 800Hz-1.6kHz while trimming sub-bass to replicate the signature British mid punch on your Ibanez GSA60 bridge humbucker. Keep the high-gain MT-2 bypassed to avoid fizzy double-gain and maintain distinct note clarity on fast galloping rhythms.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute precisely over the bridge saddle and pick aggressively near the bridge pickup to give the galloping triplets their snappy, articulate percussive attack.

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