No. 0711990·heavy-metal·5 blocks
Painkiller
Judas Priest's fastest, most violent statement. On the 1990 title track, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing drove hot-humbucker Hamer solidbodies into cranked JCM800-era Marshalls, recorded by Chris Tsangarides at Miraval Studios in France. The rhythm is wall-of-Marshall high gain at roughly 200 BPM; Tipton's solo adds wah and screaming whammy dives. Standard tuning — the speed lives in the picking hand and a tight noise gate.
PainkillerSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Hamer solidbody (Tipton/Downing, Painkiller era)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Studio Comp
Brit 800
4x12 V30
Plate
Filter Tilt
Noise Gate
← Rack noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-52dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
6s
Release
180s
Mix
0.3
Level
0dB
Brit 800
← Marshall JCM800-era head
Drive
7.8
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7.2
Presence
6.8
MV
6.2
Cut
4
4x12 V30
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut10500Hz
Level
0dB
Plate
← Studio plate (subtle)
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.9s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 071
Judas Priest's fastest, most violent statement. On the 1990 title track, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing drove hot-humbucker Hamer solidbodies into cranked JCM800-era Marshalls, recorded by Chris Tsangarides at Miraval Studios in France. The rhythm is wall-of-Marshall high gain at roughly 200 BPM; Tipton's solo adds wah and screaming whammy dives. Standard tuning — the speed lives in the picking hand and a tight noise gate.
— Glenn Tipton
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