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Why did Slayer sound so evil?

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Notes I used for this video:

Jeff Settings on JCM800:
Pre on 7
Bass 10
Mids 7
Treb 6
Master 1.5
Gain 10

On the album it states Slayer plays B.C. Rich Guitars. He was spotted playing a rich bitch, Warlock and a mockingbird in the 80's among others.

Jeff used 1986 Marshall Jcm800 2203
BOSS Rge-10 confirmed by Jeremy
On the heniken baffle amps they are reissue 2203 with Kt88 power tubes. He had multiple made, less than 20.

Before the Jackson he used Gibson Les Paul modified with a Kahler Pro tremolo and a Joe Barden Two/Tone Humbucker bridge pickup

King’s rig on Reign In Blood was (I think) Marshall 1960 4×12 cabinets.
Boss 10-Band EQ with the sliders set in an upside-down “V” shape,
King old JCM800 settings: Bass between 4-6, Mids around 8, Treble around 6-7, and Presence around 7. His preamp gain is set to 8-9 with his master
Kerry King signature amp settings:
Gate 3.5
Assault 4
Switch?
Treb 3.5
Master 4.2
Pre 7.3
Pres 4.7
Bass 5.6
Mid 5.4

Jackson wouldn’t give Jeff an endorsement so he spent $2000 on it. He only had one JACKSON!!
1980's Jackson soloist Jackson
Bought in 1988 for $2000 – it featured a 24 fret neck-thru design [maple neck with poplar wings], ebony fretboard, and a Kahler Model 2315 Flatmount Tremolo. The guitar originally came with passive pickups from Jackson’s shop [typically this would mean a J-50 and a J-80] and featured a mid-boost circuit. Soon after Hanneman got the guitar, he put EMG 81s in and removed the mid-boost circuit. He also changed the locking nut from a Kahler style to a Floyd Rose style sometime in the early 90s.

South of Heaven
They actually discussed slowing down
Jeff's last album when it came to writing every song. Kerry wasn't as involved and it's his least fav album.

Kerry King talking about his old JCM800 "the beast"
“That amp hasn’t been modified in any way, shape or form,” Bowcott says. “It’s completely stock. Component drift and tolerance deviations have made that amp something special and—as Kerry sometimes says—the ‘golden child’ when it comes to his trademark tone. Back in the Eighties, you couldn’t enforce the sort of tolerances that we demand from our suppliers today, which is plus or minus one percent. Back then, the plus-or-minus percentage was much higher. As a result, Kerry’s amp sounds different from a lot of other JCM800s made in the mid Eighties.” Originally supplied with a quartet of 6550 tubes, King’s Marshalls are beefed up with heavier duty KT88 tubes. “They have a nice, fat low end that Kerry loves,” Bowcott says. “Those tubes add a lot to his vibe and make his sound even bigger.”

While Marshall’s Slash and Zakk Wylde signature amps were essentially reissues of the original JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee and JCM800 2203 heads, respectively, the Marshall 2203KK JCM800 Kerry King head is a unique new product. “This is an exact duplicate of the Beast,” Bowcott says. “It’s a much more aggressive animal than our current 2203 reissue, which is based on the early Eighties circuit.”

“Part of the secret to the Slayer sound is what Kerry and Jeff do to the front end of their amps,” Bowcott says. “Kerry used his 10-band graphic EQ to push the front end of the amp harder. What’s interesting is that 99 percent of players out there think that you need to scoop the mids out to get Slayer’s guitar tone. Kerry does the exact opposite—he boosts the mids. A scoop is a smile,” he explains, referring to the shape of a scooped-mid EQ curve. “You can’t have a smile when you’re playing Slayer’s music! His EQ curve is a fairly radical frown, which makes more sense.”

This Marshall had his RGE-10, dialed in to the exact EQ curve that he uses.

• You can either add more or less of my tone,” adds King. “You can’t adjust all 10 EQ bands individually. My chunk comes from those boosted mids.”

Marshall Mode IV cabinets.

Gibson Explorer during the band's early days. Rich Bich model he bought off his bandmate Kerry King His first Bich, DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups. He also used a B.C. Rich Ironbird. B.C. Rich Gunslinger

In 2000, Hanneman switched to ESP guitars

• Kahler Pro bridges

• Dunlop .009-.042 Strings

• D'Addario .009-.042 Strings (earlier)

EffectsEdit

• Shure Wireless System
• Eventide H3000S Harmonizer
• Yamaha SPX-90 Effects Processor
• Rocktron Super C HUSH
• MXR Smart Gate
• BOSS RGE-10 (10 band EQ)