Peace Sells amp settings — Line 6 Spider IV75
The Megadeth guitar tone for “Peace Sells”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider IV75 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986)
Jackson King V / B.C. Rich (Seymour Duncan humbuckers) into modded Marshall JCM800 2203 / JMP heads with Celestion G12T-75 speakers
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01ProCo Rat 2 Distortion
RECOMMENDED — not owned (use if running a clean channel instead of amp modeling)
The Spider IV's Metal (Red) model runs very hot and bright, so gain is dialed back to 6 to keep palm mutes tight without digital fizz. Compensating for your Strat's lower-output, brighter single-coil bridge pickup requires rolling the guitar tone to 8 and keeping the mid control at 5 to maintain thrash chunk. The Spider IV 75 has no physical presence control on its faceplate, so presence is nulled.
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