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Enter sandman amp settings — Mooer GE100

The Metallica guitar tone for “Enter sandman”, dialed in for a Mooer GE100 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio album cut, 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, ADA MP-1, outboard API 550A/Aphex EQs (1.2kHz mid-scoop), 4x12 cabs

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

Amp settings — Mooer GE100

CHANNELCALI MK3 (Mesa Mark III/IIC+ model) + 4x12 V30 CabBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Mooer GE100 Noise Gate Block (NS)

Engage to keep staccato palm mutes dead quiet and tight

Thresh 6 · Decay 3

02Mooer GE100 Overdrive Block (TS-style / Drive block)

Clean boost mode before the amp block to tighten the low-end chug

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

03Mooer GE100 EQ Block

Recreates the Mesa Mark V-curve graphic EQ mid-scoop at 1kHz

100Hz 7 · 250Hz 6 · 1kHz 3 · 3kHz 7

Why these settings

The Jackson JS22 passive high-output bridge humbucker handles the heavy chunk well, but lacks the active compression of Hetfield's EMG 81. We use the Mooer GE100's TS-drive block as a clean boost (Drive 0, Level 8) to tighten low-end flub into the CALI MK3 amp model, and aggressively scoop the mid-range in both the amp and post-EQ blocks to emulate the iconic Mark IIC+ V-curve. Reverb is set to 0 to keep the rhythm tracks dry and razor-sharp.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm heavily against the bridge saddles and execute aggressive, synchronized downstrokes across all palm-muted chugs to replicate Hetfield's tight attack.

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