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Seasons In the Abyss amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Slayer guitar tone for “Seasons In the Abyss”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio album version, Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 ('The Beast') boosted with Boss RGE-10 Graphic EQ (mid-boost 'frown' curve) into Marshall 4x12 cabs, Jackson/B.C. Rich with EMG 81 pickups

Aggressive, mid-pushed thrash metal crunch with tight percussive palm mutes and razor bite

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELChannel 2 (Voice: British 80s / Metal)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Klone Centaur

Used as a clean mid-hump boost into the front end to replicate Kerry King's Boss RGE-10 EQ boost

Gain 1 · Treble 6 · Output 8

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 40 lacks a dedicated mid knob and presence control, so the Voice knob is set to the British 80s (JCM800 style) or Metal voicing. To recreate Kerry King's iconic front-end midrange boost without a graphic EQ, the Klone Centaur is run as a transparent mid-hump boost with low gain and high output pushing the amp. Gain on the amp is kept around 7 to preserve picking articulation for fast thrash chugging.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly against the bridge saddles and execute strict, heavy downstrokes for the main riff's tight, staccato low-E chugging.

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