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Painkiller amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Judas Priest guitar tone for “Painkiller”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Jackson JS22 Warrior. Studio album cut, Painkiller (1990) - Main Riff

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203/2204 + Marshall 1960B 4x12, boosted in front, Hamer Mini V / Gibson SG with hot humbuckers/EMGs

Aggressive, razor-sharp British high-gain thrash rhythm with biting upper mids and tight low-end tracking

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 amp model (or '80s Rock with internal stomp boost)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	8
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Overdrive / Greenbox Block

Engage onboard TS/OD stomp block in front of the amp model to tighten the low end

Drive 2 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 relies on its high-gain British/Metal voicings to replicate the modified JCM800 sound. We push the mids and treble to recreate the aggressive 2-3kHz bite while keeping bass at 5 to prevent the 8-inch speaker from flubbing out on the rapid 16th-note alternate picking. The Jackson JS22 ceramic bridge humbucker matches the hot output of Tipton and Downing's original rig perfectly.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly against the bridge saddles to get immediate string damping, and use an ultra-heavy, pointed pick (1.14mm+) struck on an angle for razor-sharp transient attack.

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