Enter sandman amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The Metalica guitar tone for “Enter sandman”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Live performance, Live Shit: Binge & Purge / Wherever We May Roam Tour (1991–1993) - Clean intro riff

Original rig

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus / Mesa Mark IV (Clean) + ESP MX-250 (EMG 60/81) + Stereo Chorus

Lush, pristine clean with chorus shimmer and tight bottom end

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	7
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Run direct into front input

E.Level 7 · EQ 6 · Rate 4 · Depth 6

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 12 has a warm, thick midrange, so keeping mid at 5 and boosting treble to 7 injects the necessary chime of the Roland JC-120 clean tone. Gain is kept low at 2 to ensure total headroom with no solid-state clipping. The Crush 12 panel features Gain, Overdrive, Bass, Middle, Treble, and Volume, so presence and reverb are null.

PRO TIPPick lightly right between the middle single-coil and neck humbucker with a medium pick to capture Kirk and James's rounded, arpeggiated intro attack.

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