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Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) amp settings — Ampeg BA-108v2

The Metallica guitar tone for “Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)”, dialed in for a Ampeg BA-108v2 with a Epiphone Thunderbird. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983)

Original rig

Modded 1979 Rickenbacker 4001 (Seymour Duncan Strat bridge pickup) -> Morley Power Fuzz Wah / Tel-Ray -> Electro-Harmonix Big Muff -> Sunn Coliseum Lead / Acoustic 360 / Ampeg SVT

Aggressive, mid-heavy, screaming fuzz-wah bass lead tone with thick sustain and vocal sweep

Amp settings — Ampeg BA-108v2

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz

Mode switch set to Fuzz 1 (mid-rich classic fuzz)

Level 7 · Treble 6 · Bass 7 · Gain 8

02Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon

Set mode switch to 'Range Low' for bass frequencies and Mode to Foot Switch or Auto

Level 7 · Auto Off Delay 0 · Q 7 · Lo 6 · Range 8

Why these settings

The BA-108v2 has a simple 3-band EQ and no dedicated drive channel, so the Behringer SF300 acts as your sole fuzz engine (running into the front). The Thunderbird humbuckers are darker than Cliff's modded high-output Strat bridge pickup, so favor the bridge pickup soloed with guitar tone wide open and mid/treble bumped on the amp to keep the upper harmonics screaming through the wah.

PRO TIPCliff used aggressive fingerstyle plucking right next to the bridge and leaned heavily on a half-cocked wah position during chord sections to nail that shrieking vocal mid-bark before rocking the treadle for sweeps.

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