Immortal Rites amp settings — Fender Champion 40
The Morbid Angel guitar tone for “Immortal Rites”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Altars of Madness (1989)
Ibanez/BC Rich/Hamer guitars with high-output humbuckers, Marshall JCM800 2203/Plexi heads pushed with ProCo Rat distortion and Boss overdrive/EQ, recorded at Morrisound Studios
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
Per double-gain prevention rules, the Champion 40 is set to Channel 1 Clean with gain at 2 while the DS-1 provides the aggressive Morrisound-style saturation. The Champion 40 faceplate has a 2-band EQ on Channel 1 without a physical mid or presence knob, so mid and presence are set to null while treble is kept at 6 to tame the DS-1's harsh top end on the Fender clean voicing. Your Ibanez GIO humbucker matches the high-output bite of Trey Azagthoth's late-80s setup cleanly.
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