Entersandman amp settings — Peavey Bandit 112

The Metallica guitar tone for “Entersandman”, dialed in for a Peavey Bandit 112 with a Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige. Studio version, Metallica 'Black Album' (1991)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ head, Marshall 4x12 cabinets, ESP Explorer with EMG 81 active pickups, no pedals for main rhythm tone

Tight, aggressive high-gain rhythm with scooped mids, percussive palm mutes, and controlled low-end thump

Amp settings — Peavey Bandit 112

CHANNELHigh Gain (Lead channel)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01JHS Hardrive

Use as a clean boost only to tighten low end and add pick attack — drive at zero, volume pushing the amp's front end

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Volume 7

Why these settings

Your Peavey Bandit's TransTube circuit delivers tight, aggressive gain similar to the Mesa's punchy character — both share that solid-state-influenced tightness in the low end. Your Ibanez's DiMarzio Air Norton/Tone Zone humbuckers are slightly warmer than Hetfield's EMG 81s, so I've pushed treble to 7 and presence to 6 to recover that cutting top-end. Mid at 3 gives you the classic Metallica scoop without losing note definition. The JHS Hardrive at zero drive acts as a clean boost to compress the signal and add pick attack, mimicking how the EMGs naturally compress.

PRO TIPThe 'Enter Sandman' riff lives and dies on your palm mute technique — rest your picking hand firmly near the bridge saddles, not over the pickup, and strike with the thick part of the pick at a slight angle for that chunky, percussive 'chug' on the low E string.

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