Master of puppets amp settings — Glarry GA-20
The Metalica guitar tone for “Master of puppets”, dialed in for a Glarry GA-20 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio album cut, Master of Puppets (1986) - Main rhythm tone
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ preamp slaved into Marshall JCM800 power amp, Jackson Custom Shop King V (Seymour Duncan Invader / EMG pickups), 5-band Graphic EQ in V-shape
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 4 |
The Glarry GA-20 is a small solid-state practice amp with an 8-inch speaker and lack of Mesa preamp saturation, so engage the built-in Drive switch with gain at 7 to capture as much thrash distortion as the circuit can muster. On your Stratocaster's bridge single-coil, low-end thump is naturally thin compared to Hetfield's hot humbuckers, so mids are pulled back to 3 to emulate the Mark IIC+ graphic EQ scoop while keeping bass at 6 to prevent the small speaker from flubbing out. Clean interlude: switch off the amp Drive channel and select the neck+middle pickup.
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