Angry Again amp settings — Donner Arena 2000

The Megadeth guitar tone for “Angry Again”, dialed in for a Donner Arena 2000 with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Last Action Hero Soundtrack (1993) / Hidden Treasures (1995) — Main rhythm riff

Original rig

Jackson King V / Kelly (Seymour Duncan JB) into CAE 3+ SE Preamp / Marshall JMP-1 into VHT 2150 power amp and Marshall 4x12 cab

Punchy, tight mid-focused 90s thrash crunch with aggressive upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Donner Arena 2000

CHANNELMarshall JCM800 / High Gain British Amp Model + 1960A 4x12 IRBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer / Green Drive (Arena 2000 FX Block)

Clean boost before amp block to tighten low-end palm mutes

Gain 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Noise Gate (Arena 2000 FX Block)

Placed first in chain to clamp high-gain hiss

Threshold 6 · Release 3

Why these settings

The Donner Arena 2000 uses a Marshall-style high-gain amp block to recreate Dave Mustaine's mid-90s CAE 3+/JMP-1 rack tone. The Jackson JS32's ceramic bridge humbucker matches the high output of the Seymour Duncan JB, so keep mids pushed to 7 for authentic bite while the Green Drive block at low gain tightens the bottom end. Add a tiny touch of room reverb block (setting 1) to replicate the tight studio space without muddying fast palm mutes.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm directly against the bridge saddles and execute hard, strict downstrokes on the low E and A strings to capture the signature 1993 Mustaine percussive attack.

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