Someone with Judas Priest knowledge please help

Sune

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Yes, someone who knows alot about Judas Priest are welcome to help. I love the guitar sound they have on "painkiller", does anyone know what equipment they used to get that ****ing old school cool tone?
 
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I think their website spelled out what they were using during certain eras. I'm fairly certain all the Painkiller album was recorded with master volume rack-mounted Marshalls with the voume knobs cranked. Check their website.
 
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Ok, thanks, I haven't thought about that, it's just that usually bands don't write such stuff on their homepage.
 
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Ok, I tried, but couldn't find anything.
 
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Well I wouldn't actually call Painkiller "old school" Judas Priest but.......

I'd imagine a Marshall was involved...plus by that time Glenn and KK were using Hamer guitars instead of SG's, V's, single coil and humbucker equipted strats. Now I know they used the Hamers live 'cause they were getting worried about taking thier classic axes on the road but the old school axes might have seen some studio duty.
 
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Hmm, okay, I thought they might had been using some effects but I guess not then. Do you know any effect pedals who would be able to create the same tone?
 
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Well they certainly favored delays, chours , phaser and flange.

That's one of the things I liked about JP...they were always mixing things up. I think it was Glenn who said that he was always trying differnt sounds for different songs and never wanting the same solo tone twice.

Just start fiddilin with knobs...it just takes experimentation....not some voodoo magic. Have fun. :dance:
 
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If you'd like, I can get the rundown this Saturday when I see them at Mohegan Sun :) While the gear may not be exactly the same as in the past, it might lead you in the right direction.
 
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Hello Hello--
Both guitarists always ran through Rangemaster Treble Boosters that were "on" all the time [ guitar-Rangemaster-Marshall].
Brian.
 
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the_Chris said:
If you'd like, I can get the rundown this Saturday when I see them at Mohegan Sun :) While the gear may not be exactly the same as in the past, it might lead you in the right direction.


ill beat you to it, im seeing em friday. haha. i actually know that these days (live) they use rocktron pirahna pre-amps. i forget what poweramps, ill look it up later. but in the last G1 there was an interview talking about angel of retribution, and they said they used tons of stuff. sometimes the rack stuff, a lot of old marshalls, even some mesa's.
 
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Cool guys, if you see it and still can remember it when you're sober the next morning, then you're more than welcome to post it here.
 
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