Monster amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Skillet guitar tone for “Monster”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Awake (2009)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red/Modern channel), Gibson Les Paul, Boss MT-2, Tube Screamer for boost, noise gate

Tight, aggressive modern hard rock with defined low-end chug and cutting mids

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELVoice 3 (high-gain voicing)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion pedal (Boss DS-1 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not owned. Essential for reaching Rectifier-level saturation. Keep amp on Voice 1 (clean) with gain at 3 if using this pedal.

Tone 6 · Level 7 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Champion 20 is a practice solid-state amp that cannot reach Dual Rectifier saturation levels on its own. Even maxed, Voice 3 produces moderate crunch rather than modern high-gain. A distortion pedal is essential to get the tight, aggressive chunk of the original. Mids pushed to 6 compensates for the Champion's naturally scooped voicing and keeps the riff defined.

PRO TIPPalm-mute aggressively right at the bridge saddles for that percussive Rectifier-style chug — the tightness of the attack matters as much as the gain level on this riff.

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