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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 Fender Player Stratocaster. 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

CHANNELMESA DUAL RECT amp model + 4x12 Rectifier Cab IRBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive (TS-style block)

Clean boost in front of the amp model to tighten low-end tracking and add pick bite

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Noise Gate (NS block)

Placed before delay/reverb to clamp down on high-gain hiss between palm mutes

Thresh 6

Why these settings

To emulate Hetfield's active EMG 81 humbucker on a single-coil Stratocaster, bass is bumped to 7 and the TS boost block provides essential input saturation and low-end tightening. The mid scoop at 3 accurately replicates the iconic Mark IIC+ 'V-curve' graphic EQ and API studio console cuts. Clean intro: bypass the TS block, switch to clean amp model with chorus block on.

PRO TIPUse strict downpicking with heavy palm mutes directly over the bridge saddles; keeping the picking hand anchored delivers the percussive thud that defines the Black Album rhythm tracks.

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