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 Fender Player Stratocaster. Main thrash rhythm tone, Rust in Peace (2004 Remix/Remaster)
Jackson King V (Seymour Duncan JB) -> Bogner Fish Preamp (Shark channel) / Marshall JCM800 -> VHT 2150 Power Amp -> Marshall 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Onboard Noise Gate
Essential to clamp the high gain and keep the fast thrash gallops razor tight
The Mustang LT25 uses the high-gain Metal 2000 model to mimic the aggressive saturation of Mustaine's Bogner Fish preamp. To compensate for the single-coil bridge pickup on the Player Strat compared to the high-output Duncan JB humbucker, gain is pushed to 8 and bass is kept at 5 to add body without muddying the fast riffing. Acoustic interlude: switch to the 65 Twin Clean preset on the neck+middle position.
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