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Tornado Of Souls (2004 Remix) amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Megadeth guitar tone for “Tornado Of Souls (2004 Remix)”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, Rust in Peace 2004 Remix (originally recorded 1990, remixed by Dave Mustaine & Ralph Patlan)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 (Mustaine) and Marshall JCM800 modded (Friedman), Jackson King V (Mustaine) and Jackson Kelly (Friedman) with Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers, Boss SD-1 as boost, Rocktron Intellifex for effects

Tight aggressive thrash rhythm with scooped mids, razor-sharp high-gain attack, and articulate palm mutes

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELVoice selector on Crunch/Overdrive position

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone or similar high-gain distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. This is ESSENTIAL for this tone. The Champion 20 cannot produce thrash metal gain on its own. Run amp Voice selector to clean position with amp gain at 2-3 when using this pedal.

Level 7 · Low 6 · High 6 · Mid 3 · Mid Freq 5 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Champion 20 has only bass and treble controls — no mid knob, no presence, no reverb on this model. Its solid-state overdrive voice maxes out at classic rock territory, nowhere near JCM800 thrash saturation. A dedicated high-gain distortion pedal is mandatory to reach this tone. With the recommended pedal, set amp to clean voice and low gain so the pedal handles all saturation without muddy stacking.

PRO TIPMarty Friedman's legendary solo tone on this track comes from his unusual picking angle and heavy use of the whammy bar for expression — practice the solo phrases with aggressive palm-mute release into sustained notes, and dig in hard with the pick angled for maximum attack.

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