Fadd to black amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Metallica guitar tone for “Fadd to black”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Shecter Demon6. Studio version, Ride the Lightning (1984) — iconic clean intro/arpeggios
Marshall JCM800 2203 (clean channel) + Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ (distorted sections), Gibson Flying V with EMG pickups, Roland JC-120 chorus effect on cleans, Boss GE-7 EQ
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 7 |
01Mustang LT25 Onboard Chorus (Sine Chorus block)
Enable via Fender Tone app — subtle chorus for that 80s shimmer on cleans
The Mustang LT25's 65 Twin model delivers the glassy clean headroom Hetfield used on the intro — your Schecter's active-style humbuckers are hotter than his EMGs of that era, so I dropped gain to 3 to keep it pristine. Treble at 7 compensates for the Demon-6's darker voicing vs a Flying V. For the heavy sections, switch to Metal 2000 model with gain at 7, bass 5, mid 3 (scooped), treble 7, reverb 0.
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