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Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix) amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Megadeth guitar tone for “Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix)”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Ibanez GRX70QA. 2004 Remix of studio recording, Rust in Peace (originally tracked 1990)

Original rig

Jackson King V (Seymour Duncan JB bridge) → Bogner Fish preamp → VHT 2150 power amp, BBE Sonic Maximizer for high-end enhancement; Marty's solos via JCM800

Tight, articulate high-gain thrash with scooped mids, aggressive pick attack, bright cutting highs, and fast low-end response

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 amp model

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (Mustang built-in)

Enable via Fender Tone app — essential for tight palm mutes and eliminating hum between riffs

Threshold 4

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25's Metal 2000 model approximates high-gain Bogner/Mesa voicings better than its Marshall models for this tone. Mids scooped to 3 (vs typical 5) replicates the classic thrash scoop. Your GRX70QA's Infinity humbuckers are lower output than Mustaine's JB, so gain stays at 8 to compensate. The original recording is bone-dry — reverb 0 is mandatory.

PRO TIPTune to E♭ Standard (half-step down) and use aggressive downpicking with your pick angled slightly toward the bridge — Mustaine's attack comes from picking right over the bridge pickup, not the sweet spot between pickups.

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