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 · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
Guitar
Hamer solidbody (Tipton/Downing, Painkiller era)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
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← Marshall JCM800-era head
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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