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And justice for all amp settings — NUX MG-300

The Metallica guitar tone for “And justice for all”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Encore E69. Studio version, ...And Justice for All (1988)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ head, ESP MX220 Explorer with EMG 81/60 pickups, A/DA MP-1 preamp, scooped EQ with boosted highs and lows

Tight, aggressive thrash with extreme mid-scoop, razor-sharp attack, and dry articulation

Amp settings — NUX MG-300

CHANNELUK Recto (closest to boosted Mesa high-gain voicing)BRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	7
Mid	1
Treble	8
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01NUX MG-300 Noise Gate (built-in)

Essential for tight palm mutes and dead-stop riffs

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

02NUX MG-300 Tube Screamer block

Use as a clean boost in front of the amp model to tighten low-end

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The MG-300's UK Recto model approximates the Mesa Mark IIC+ saturation. The extreme mid-scoop (mid at 1) is authentic to the album — James Hetfield famously carved out mids for that razor-wire attack. Your Encore E69 has passive humbuckers with less output than EMGs, so gain is pushed to 7 and the TS block adds compression and low-end tightness the passives lack.

PRO TIPPick directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces with your wrist anchored for maximum attack definition — the AJFA tone lives in aggressive downpicking precision, not gain.

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