raining blood amp settings — cort cm15r

The slayer guitar tone for “raining blood”, dialed in for a cort cm15r with a harley benton TR-TE-200HH. Studio version, Reign in Blood (1986) - iconic intro riff and verse rhythms

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 (boosted), B.C. Rich Mockingbird/Bich with DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups

Aggressive, fast, mid-forward thrash metal crunch with tight attack and dry presence

Amp settings — cort cm15r

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 or Boss DS-1

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Distortion 8 · Filter 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Cort CM15R lacks an onboard mid control, presence knob, and sufficient high-gain preamp architecture to recreate Slayer's saturated JCM800 roar on its own. Per the double-gain rule, run the amp on the Clean channel with low gain (2) and use a dedicated distortion pedal into the front end. Your Harley Benton HH humbuckers provide the right output level and low-end punch for the bridge position.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute firmly right on the bridge saddles to keep 16th-note alternate picked riffs ultra-tight without letting sub-bass flub overwhelm the 8-inch speaker.

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