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Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix) amp settings — Nux Mighty lite bt MKII

The Megadeth guitar tone for “Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix)”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty lite bt MKII with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Main thrash rhythm tone, Rust in Peace (2004 Remix)

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Nux Mighty lite bt MKII

CHANNELFireman (Friedman BE-100 high-gain model)BOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Noise Gate

Built-in NUX gate block to clamp down string noise for tight thrash staccato

Threshold 7 · Decay 3

02Onboard TS Drive Block

Built-in Screamer block running before the amp model to tighten low-end and boost single-coil output

Drive 1 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

To compensate for the low output and bright bite of your Strat single coils compared to Dave Mustaine's high-output Duncan JB humbucker, the onboard TS Drive block is engaged with low drive and high level to push the frontend. The Fireman amp model provides the tight Marshall/Bogner-derived saturation, with mids pushed high to maintain thrash cut through the Nux speaker. Reverb is set strictly to zero to keep the rhythm palm mutes dry and articulate.

PRO TIPAnchor your picking hand firmly across the bridge saddles for heavy palm-muting and pick aggressively near the bridge to maximize treble bite and attack definition.

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