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Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix) amp settings — Harley benton HB-10G

The Megadeth guitar tone for “Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix)”, dialed in for a Harley benton HB-10G with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Main thrash rhythm tone, Rust in Peace (2004 Remix/Remaster)

Original rig

Jackson King V (Seymour Duncan JB bridge) -> Bogner Fish Preamp (Shark channel) / Marshall JCM800 -> VHT 2150 Power Amp -> Marshall 4x12 cab

Razor-sharp, tight thrash crunch with aggressive upper mids, surgical low end, and zero flub

Amp settings — Harley benton HB-10G

CHANNELOverdrive Channel (Select switch ON)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9 / Mini)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end flub on practice amps

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 9

02Vox Wah

Bypass for rhythm tracking; engage toe-down for lead fills

Pedal Position 0

Why these settings

The Harley Benton HB-10G has a small 6-inch speaker that tends to get muddy and loose if bass is pushed too high, so bass is pulled back to 5 to keep the palm-muted gallops tight. Set the Overdrive channel gain to 7 to deliver the aggressive crunch without completely fuzzing out the solid-state preamp. Adding a Tube Screamer style overdrive in front with Drive at 0 and Level cranked will significantly tighten the low-end definition and bite.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly on the bridge saddles to execute precise, tight palm muting, and pick with heavy downstrokes near the bridge pickup to emulate Dave Mustaine's aggressive attack.

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