Can I Recreate Rust in Peace’s Tone? || Tone Crypt
This one’s all about chasing that Rust in Peace guitar tone — the one nobody can quite nail down because there’s no real record of what Dave actually used. I went down the rabbit hole, tested a bunch of digital rigs from free to high-end, and tried to figure out what actually gets you closest to that classic Megadeth sound. If you’ve ever obsessed over that sharp, tight, mid-heavy tone that defined an era of metal, this is a fun deep dive. It’s not about being exact — it’s about getting as close as possible and figuring out what really makes that tone tick.
Chapters:
Intro: 0:00
History Behind the Tone: 0:26
Tone #1: 4:25
Tone #2: 6:12
Tone #3: 9:00
Tone #4: 9:58
All 4 Tones Demo: 11:33
Final Thoughts: 12:49
Outro: 14:01
Tone # 1 – Hybrit: https://plugins4free.com/plugin/1545
Tone #2 – BFS Preamp: https://fewtubefx.blogspot.com/2022/03/bfs-preamp.html
Tone #3 – Nembrini MRH 810: https://www.nembriniaudio.com/products/mrh810-v2-lead-series-guitar-amplifier?srsltid=AfmBOorprnwY6nZsk94aR0yLsF63vDYC8_Ts24NsM6ZsJgliFBsYmO-m
Tone #4 – Nembrini Bg Extasy: https://www.nembriniaudio.com/collections/guitar-amplifier/products/bg-extasy-boutique-guitar-amplifier
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Originally posted by UCh8SxsnBIvKX_kHS6rhMOZA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REq6Eqsv-k

If I remember Dave in a Guitar World interview around that time said he was using a Rocktron Prophecy into a Triple Giant Preamp into a Marshall Power Amp into Marshall Cabs that were heavily sealed. He had his tech go out get Marty the same gear with the exception of Marty wanting a BK Butler preamp being Marty at that time was using Carvin gear. For guitars it was Dave Jackson KV-1 and for Marty he had 2 Jackson Kelly’s one that was 22 frets and one that was 24 frets. Hope this helps.
keep up the good work, love your channel man
Wasn't there a quote from Dave (that I can of course no longer find apparently) that said that his Holy Wars solo was done with everything on a Marshall turned all the way up?
The rockman was used for chris Polands lead tone on peace sells.
sick bideo
Want a crazy challenge? Try dialing in Trey Azagthoth's guitar tone from Morbid Angel Covenant… or Domination :O :O
Really says something about an album, when decades later people are still trying to capture that elusive tone they created ! thanks !
I'd love to see some Danzig on here!
He finally did Rust In Peace????????????