Creeping death amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Metallica guitar tone for “Creeping death”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Ride the Lightning (1984) - James Hetfield main rhythm tone
Modified Marshall JCM800 2203 (Jose Arredondo mod) boosted with Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Gibson Flying V (Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01NUX MG-300 MKII (TS Drive Block)
Used as a clean tightener in front of the amp model
02NUX MG-300 MKII (Brit 800 / High-Gain Amp Block)
Primary gain source; run NUX direct into the front input of the Blues Junior set cleanly
03NUX MG-300 MKII (Noise Gate Block)
Essential to clamp tight staccato palm mutes
The Fender Blues Junior is a low-headroom tube combo with bright top end and natural mid-forward clean voicing, which cannot produce 80s thrash saturation on its own. Using the NUX MG-300 MKII as the primary gain engine (Brit 800 block boosted by a TS block) provides the aggressive Marshall crunch, allowing the Blues Junior to serve strictly as a clean, neutral power platform with the Fat switch off. To compensate for the Stratocaster's brighter single-coil bridge pickup compared to Hetfield's hot humbucker, the amp's treble is rounded down while the NUX TS drive provides low-end tightening.
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