Judas Priest – Painkiller
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1990 album Painkiller.
Music from Painkiller
Artists on Painkiller
Gear Used On Painkiller
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Judas Priest – Painkiller (1990). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Scott Travis
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Cymbals used by Scott Travis on Painkiller
Paiste 18" Signature Heavy China Cymbal
Avg price: $450.92
The china he uses to get those awesome blasts on songs like Painkiller! This cymbal can be seen in this Paiste website photo of Scott's kit. Incorrectly, it is described as a "Rude" china on the Paiste website, when it is clearly a "Signature" model.
Guitars used by K. K. Downing on Painkiller
In this video, we can see Downing with his signature Mini V Guitar in.
This guitar has a Red Finish with two rows of metal studs on the top and bottom of the body, a Shadow Neck Humbucker and an EMG Bridge Humbucker, two selectors and one Fender control Pot, a Kahler Tremolo, and a Scalloped Rosewood Fretboard with Trapezoid Inlays (as can be seen at 1:02).
This guitar is one of four Mini V's Hamer made specially for Downing. Downing considers this an important guitar in his career and it was played extensively during the "Turbo", "Ram It Down" and "Painkiller" tours and onward.
It was customised by Downing whilst on tour in the U.S., he said that he didn't think it was quite "Metal" enough, so went to a Hardware Store and bought a quantity of Upholsterer's Studs which he then proceded to hammer into the guitar's body to create its now-famous look.
Unfourtunatly, Hamer refused to mass produce these Guitars for the public, as the only ones in existance are in Downing's possesion, however these Guitars have been subject to many replicas over the years and there are many videos on how to make one.
