Riff Tone
Postmortem
Slayer
Guitarmetal1980s
Original Gear
GuitarJackson Soloist (Jeff Hanneman's main guitar for Reign in Blood era)
AmpPeavey Decade
PickupsDiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion (bridge position)
Amp Settings
gain9
bass5.5
mid4
treble7.5
reverb0
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1986. Gear confirmed for Reign in Blood album sessions. No evidence of additional pedals or effects used for the main riff section; tone is amp and pickup driven.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingscooped midshigh-gain saturationrazor-sharp attackfocused low endcutting trebleminimal ambiencedense distortionarticulate note separation
Difficulty
The riff section requires fast, aggressive picking and tight palm muting at high speed, demanding precision and stamina typical of thrash metal rhythm guitar.
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
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Original Gear
GuitarJackson Soloist (Jeff Hanneman's main guitar for Reign in Blood era)
AmpPeavey Decade
PickupsDiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion (bridge position)
Amp Settings
gain9
bass5.5
mid4
treble7.5
reverb0
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 1986. Gear confirmed for Reign in Blood album sessions. No evidence of additional pedals or effects used for the main riff section; tone is amp and pickup driven.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingscooped midshigh-gain saturationrazor-sharp attackfocused low endcutting trebleminimal ambiencedense distortionarticulate note separation
Difficulty
The riff section requires fast, aggressive picking and tight palm muting at high speed, demanding precision and stamina typical of thrash metal rhythm guitar.
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