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(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth amp settings — Marshall Bass state b30

The Metallica guitar tone for “(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth”, dialed in for a Marshall Bass state b30 with a Fender American Professional II Jazz Bass. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983) — solo fuzz bass track

Original rig

Rickenbacker 4001 (modded with Gibson EB-0 mudbucker neck & Seymour Duncan Strat single-coil at bridge) into Morley Power Wah Fuzz / Electro-Harmonix Russian/Civil War Big Muff into Sunn Coliseum / Marshall Super Bass

Aggressive, screaming mid-pushed fuzz bass with sweeping optical wah filtering and rich upper harmonics

Amp settings — Marshall Bass state b30

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Dunlop Cry Baby 105Q Bass Wah

Placed first in chain; sweep actively or cock halfway for the opening filtered resonance

Volume 6 · Variable Q 7

02Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion

Rotate Color knob far toward DS (Distortion) side to replicate the aggressive Big Muff/Power Fuzz clipping

Level 7 · Tone 4 · Drive 9 · Color 9

Why these settings

Cliff ran an EHX Big Muff and Morley fuzz into high-headroom valve amps; your Boss OS-2 dialed to full distortion provides the intense saturation, while the Marshall Bass State B30 is kept clean at gain 2 to prevent muddy double-gain breakup. The B30 EQ boosts mids to 8 to reproduce Cliff's cutting lead frequencies without fizzing out through the 10-inch practice driver. Tone and volume are wide open to drive the OS-2 with maximum transient attack.

PRO TIPPlay with your bare fingers firmly near the bridge pickup using aggressive rest strokes, and leave the Cry Baby slightly rocked forward into its sweet spot during the chordal arpeggios before sweeping aggressively on sustained lead bends.

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