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Creeping death amp settings — Fender Frontman 10g

The Metallica guitar tone for “Creeping death”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 10g with a Jackson X Series Kelly KEXT. Studio version, Ride the Lightning (1984) - rhythm track

Original rig

Jose Arredondo-modified Marshall JCM800 2203 / 1959 Plexi + Ibanez TS9 / ProCo Rat boost + Gibson Explorer / Flying V with high-output humbuckers

Aggressive, bright, high-gain thrash crunch with tight low-end chug and scooped midrange bite

Amp settings — Fender Frontman 10g

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Treble	6
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Metal pedal

Provides the high-gain thrash clipping directly into clean amp channel

Distortion 7 · Tone 6 · Level 5

Why these settings

The Fender Frontman 10G has no mid or presence controls and its built-in 6-inch speaker will fart out if pushed with amp overdrive, so keep the amp on the clean channel at gain 2. Your metal distortion pedal acts as the primary gain stage to emulate the Jose-modded Marshall clipping. Bass is capped at 5 to maintain tight palm-muted tracking without overloading the small cabinet.

PRO TIPUse strict, aggressive downpicking on all the main chugging rhythm riffs and mute heavily with the heel of your picking hand directly against the bridge saddles.

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