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Seek and destroy amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Metalica guitar tone for “Seek and destroy”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Cort G110. Main riff and rhythm tracks, Kill 'Em All (1983) studio version

Original rig

Gibson Flying V (humbuckers) into Ibanez TS9 / ProCo RAT and Jose Arredondo-modded Marshall JMP 2203 with Celestion G12M/G12T-75 speakers

Scooped thrash rhythm — tight percussive palm mutes, aggressive high-gain saturation, sharp treble bite, chunky low-end, dry

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELDirty

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	8
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer OD300 Overdrive/Distortion

Used as a tight overdrive boost into the Dirty channel to clip the front end like Hetfield's TS9/RAT setup.

Level 8 · Tone 7 · Drive 2 · Mode 2

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 is naturally warm and mid-heavy, so the mid control is pulled back to 4 with treble raised to 8 to mimic the scooped Marshall JMP bite. Your Behringer OD300 is set in overdrive mode with high level and low drive to tighten the 8-inch speaker's low end without introducing muddy double-distortion. The bridge humbucker on your Cort G110 provides the essential high-output attack needed for early thrash rhythm tracks.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute firmly across the bridge saddle and use aggressive, strict downpicking on the open A string riffs to replicate James Hetfield's percussive attack.

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