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Enter Sandman amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Metallica guitar tone for “Enter Sandman”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Metallica (The Black Album, 1991) - Main rhythm riff

Original rig

ESP MX-250 (EMG 81 bridge) into Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC++ blended with Jose-modded Marshall JCM800 and ADA MP-1 preamp, API 550A outboard EQ, Marshall 4x12 cabs

Thick, punchy high-gain metal rhythm with aggressively scooped mids, tight low-end chug, and crisp top-end bite

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 amp modelBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Fender Mustang LT25's 'Metal 2000' model replicates the aggressive high-gain American tube preamp saturation of Metallica's Black Album tone. Because a Squier Stratocaster has brighter, lower-output single coils than Hetfield's active EMG 81 humbuckers, bass is kept at 7 and gain pushed to 8 to restore punch and low-end weight while maintaining the signature V-curve mid-scoop at 3. Clean intro: switch to the '65 Twin Clean model with neck pickup.

PRO TIPAnchor the palm of your picking hand firmly across the bridge saddles for a tight, deadened mute on the low E string, and strike exclusively with hard downstrokes to get the percussive attack of the main riff.

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