![]() The reason we were there is because Lars Ulrich loved the band. In those days, the Metallica crowd was not on our side. I think the biggest place I'd played was Whisky a Go Go. "There I was, I had never played a venue of that size by any means. One of the best lead sounds I ever got was when I played an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff through a Montgomery Ward amp with 3" speaker, for a Jeff Beck tone."I rehearsed four days and we opened up in Vancouver.25,000 people," Sorum recalled. And there's just something about that simple, raw, gritty fuzz box sound. Using the Tube Screamer in conjunction with a tube amp really brings out the tube qualities of the amp. For leads, I use a low gain setting on the ADA MP-1, but switch on an Ibanez Tube Screamer. I was using a MESA/Boogie preamp, but I've gone back to the ADA MP-1 with an ADA programmable EQ through a MESA/Boogie Strategy 400 power amp. I hate the sound of piling distortion on top of distortion. Metallica's Kirk Hammett: "My philosophy has always been a clean amp with a stomp box. Think i might have mentioned this already itt. Thru a Marshall cab for "warmth" as per hetfields own rundown. One of the best lead sounds I ever got was when I played an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff through a Montgomery Ward amp with 3" speaker, for a Jeff Beck tone." All my speakers are Celestion Vintage 30s." I basically use the Boogie's distortion with a non-programmable studio-quality Aphex parametric EQ to fine-tune certain frequencies, dipping out some of the midrange. You can recognize Marshall distortion in an instant that's why I shied away from that and went with MESA/Boogies. It really helps his solos cut through, but it puts a ****ty coating on smooth rhythm tones, and it was hard to make it not sound like a pedal. It was an Ibanez Tube Screamer like Kirk uses. The last time I used a distortion pedal was on Ride the Lightning, and it was hell. You can fiddle with parametric EQs and all that **** for days, but it still won't have the smooth distortion of an amp. METALLICA RIDE THE LIGHTNING TONE FULLThey don't feel like a full part of it, just some fuzz on top. Metallica's James Hetfield: "Distortion always starts with the amp. ![]() ![]() Guitar Player Oct 1992, The Distortion Issue. I think it may help that it's a plexi circuit though, they tend to have a little more bottom than an 800, but I would think the right pedal out front should get you there easily with that amp.Ĭlick to expand.Yep. I feel I can do Metallica from KEM to the black album pretty well when the boost is on. I find that presence about centered and bass a touch higher than treble gives me a nice thick tone through the YJM. I set the EQ brighter, to the point where I thought it sounded like s*it and when hearing it with the rest of the band it was great! It had the thick sound I wanted but what I heard with my isolated guitar track I didn't like at all! It's the same way when playing live, if you EQ to sound thick with a big bottom then no one will hear you, especially with 2 guitars in the band, all they hear is the bass and the other guitar player.Īt home you can EQ however you want though. When recording it really really showed itself, I set the EQ a touch on the dark side to get the "thicker" sound I was after, I laid down a track and it was MUD. ![]() I had to EQ my amp super bright to work, I thought it sounded horrible but once I was in the band it was perfect. I really learned my lesson when I joined a band, what I thought was a great sound, almost Metallica at home turned out to be terrible in the mix. I would EQ my amp to TRY to sound like that but I NEVER got the big bottom end I was after. You pretty much cannot sound like an album! I tried forever and ever to get the Metallica sound, more the AJFA or black album era but either way, that's what I wanted to sound like. I don't want to sound like I am talking down, because I'm not but I'll tell you how it was told to me and then verified by myself. ![]()
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