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Fade to Black amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Metallica guitar tone for “Fade to Black”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, Ride the Lightning (1984) — main heavy rhythm and outro lead tone

Original rig

Modified Marshall JCM800 (José Arredondo mod), Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer boost, Gibson Flying V with Seymour Duncan Invader/PAF pickups, Marshall 4x12 cab

Saturated, scooped thrash rhythm with aggressive bite and tight palm-muted low end

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 amp model

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Overdrive / Screamer Stomp Block

Engage the onboard Greenbox/Overdrive stomp block in front of the amp model to tighten low-end attack.

Drive 2 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25's Metal 2000 model captures the aggressive saturation of the modded Marshall pushed by a TS9 without needing external gear. Setting the midrange to 3 gives the signature '80s scooped thrash bite while keeping the humbucker output tight on the low end. Clean intro/acoustic sections: switch to the Fender Clean amp model preset on the LT25.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm directly over the bridge saddles and execute aggressive, all-downstroke palm mutes to get the percussive 'chug' articulation heard on the Ride the Lightning rhythm tracks.

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