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Enter Sandman amp settings — Entershäntämän Kkd

The Metallica guitar tone for “Enter Sandman”, dialed in for a Entershäntämän Kkd with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Lead solo, Metallica / The Black Album (1991)

Original rig

Kirk Hammett: ESP KH-2 with EMG 81 active pickups -> Dunlop Cry Baby Wah -> Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC++ head blended with Marshall JCM800

High-gain, cutting lead with aggressive upper-mid bite, scooped fundamental mids, and heavy wah sweep
Amp settings — Entershäntämän Kkd
GAIN 2 BASS 6 TREBLE 6 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass6
Treble6
Reverb2
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Dunlop Cry Baby Wah (GCB95 / KH95)

RECOMMENDED — not owned (essential for the signature expressive solo sweeps)

02ProCo Rat 2 / High-Gain Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not owned

Distortion 8 · Filter 4 · Volume 7
Why these settings

The amp model provided is unrecognized, so universal control positions are provided and non-standard tone knobs are nulled. Because a clean amp platform cannot reach the saturation of Kirk Hammett's modded Mesa Mark IIC++ lead channel on single coils, amp gain is set clean at 2 while relying on an external high-gain distortion pedal recommendation. The Stratocaster's bridge single-coil is bright, so filter and treble controls are kept balanced around 4-6 to prevent excessive high-end harshness.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a thick plectrum (1.14mm+) right near the bridge to maximize pick attack and harmonics on the high-register pentatonic bends.

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