Tornado of Souls guitar tone
Marty Friedman · Marty Friedman
Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)
high-gain exotic/Eastern lead with wide vibrato
The rig Marty Friedman used
Researched from interviews, production write-ups and gear histories — not guessed.
Guitar
Jackson Kelly (early-production KE-series)
Amplifier
Bogner Triple Giant #11/25 preamp -> tube power amp -> 4x12
Cabinet
4x12, Celestion Vintage 30 (studio inference)
Microphone
Shure SM57 close on the 4x12 (studio inference)
Signal chain
The order the original sound was built in. The exact settings get dialled for your own amp or modeller when you generate the tone.
Get this tone on your rig
Pick your amp or modeller and we’ll build Tornado of Souls for it — with a preset file you can load, not a list of knob positions.
Why we think this is right
Rust in Peace-era rig: Jackson Kelly into a Bogner Triple Giant #11/25 three-channel rack preamp (Wikipedia equipment list). Rhythm and lead are the same preamp on different channels, not two amps. Recorded in E standard tuning, not Eb: Rust in Peace was tracked in E standard per the Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions book and the Ultimate-Guitar and Songsterr official tabs. The song centres on and resolves to F# minor, with Marty's chromatic/exotic vocabulary over it. Cab and mic (4x12 V30, SM57) are standard studio inference. Tempo 196 BPM.