Raining Blood amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Slayer guitar tone for “Raining Blood”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Harley benton Bk20. Studio version, Reign in Blood (1986)

Original rig

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

Aggressive, razor-sharp thrash crunch with tight lows and cutting upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELMetal voice (Voice setting: 'Metal 2000' or high-gain British/Metal voice)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive (TS-Style / MXR KFK-1 style boost)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end tracking for fast palm-muting

Drive 2 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Champion 40 lacks a dedicated mid knob or presence control, so the high-gain Metal voice handles the mid-focused Marshall JCM800 crunch. Bass is trimmed to 5 to prevent the 12-inch open-back speaker from flubbing on rapid 16th-note gallops, while treble is pushed to 7 forHanneman and King's piercing attack. If you stick to amp-only distortion, keep the Metal voice gain around 8 without letting it mush.

PRO TIPTune down a half-step to Eb Standard (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) and pick heavily right next to the bridge saddles with a stiff plectrum to get the signature percussive thrash bite.

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