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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 GRG131DX-BKF Guitarra. Studio version, Painkiller album (1990)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2204, Hamer GT Phantom/Vector with EMG 81 pickups, rack preamps (Rocktron Piranha), noise gate

Tight, searing high-gain with pronounced upper-mids, aggressive pick attack, minimal low-end mud

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 model

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (Mustang built-in)

Essential for Painkiller's tight palm mutes at 200 BPM — access via Fender Tone app

Threshold 6

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25's Metal 2000 model is your closest JCM800-on-steroids voicing. Your GRG's Infinity R humbucker is lower output than Tipton's EMGs, so gain goes to 8 vs the original's 7. Mids stay high at 7 because Painkiller is NOT scooped — that upper-mid bark is the tone's identity. Bass drops to 4 (vs original 5-6) because the Mustang's digital low-end can get flubby on palm mutes.

PRO TIPPalm mute directly over the bridge saddles, not further up the strings — Tipton's machine-gun chug comes from extremely tight, short muted notes with the pick attack close to the bridge.

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