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 · 4 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Hamer solidbody (Tipton/Downing, Painkiller era)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Search Rig Exchange for 'JCM800' or 'Painkiller'
Plate Reverb
Noise Gate
← Rack noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
5.5dB
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'JCM800' or 'Painkiller'
← Marshall JCM800-era head
Gain
7.8
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7.2
Presence
6.8
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate (subtle)
Decay
0.9s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
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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