Peace sells amp settings — Peavey Bandit 112

The Megadeth guitar tone for “Peace sells”, dialed in for a Peavey Bandit 112 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) rhythm track

Original rig

1980s B.C. Rich/Jackson guitars with Seymour Duncan humbuckers, Marshall JCM800 2203/2204, Rockman Sustainer/chorus unit

Aggressive, mid-forward 80s thrash crunch with tight low-end and searing upper-mid attack

Amp settings — Peavey Bandit 112

CHANNELClean channel (Vintage voicing)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer OD300 Overdrive/Distortion

Set Mode heavily toward Distortion to deliver the tight 80s thrash saturation

Level 7 · Tone 6 · Drive 8 · Mode 8

Why these settings

Because you are using single coils on a Strat into a solid-state clean platform, the Behringer OD300 acts as the entire high-gain distortion stage; the amp gain is kept low at 2 on the Clean channel to prevent muddy stacking. The Strat bridge pickup needs a slight treble cut (5) and pushed mids (7) on the Bandit to compensate for single-coil thinness and emulate Dave Mustaine's thick JCM800/humbucker bite. The Bandit's presence control is set to 6 to retain string articulation without excessive fizz.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly against the bridge saddles for sharp, percussive downpicked muting, and pick close to the bridge to emulate the aggressive attack of high-output active/Seymour Duncan humbuckers.

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