Máster of puppets amp settings — Mooer GE100
The Metallica guitar tone for “Máster of puppets”, dialed in for a Mooer GE100 with a Ibanez GIO GRG121DX. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) — main rhythm riff
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ slaved into Marshall JCM800 power amp, Jackson King V / Gibson Explorer with EMG 81 pickups, Aphex EQF-1 / graphic EQ V-curve
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Mooer GE100 DS Module (TS-style OD)
Clean boost mode before the amp model to tighten low-end tracking for fast downpicking
02Mooer GE100 EQ Module
Post-amp graphic EQ creating the signature Mesa 'V-curve' scoop around 800Hz
03Mooer GE100 Noise Gate (NS)
Tight gate to clamp high-gain hiss and sharpen staccato stops
The Ibanez IBZ-6 passive ceramic bridge pickup provides solid output and bite, but lacks the extreme output compression of Hetfield's active EMG 81s, so the GE100's TS boost block is engaged with low gain and high level to hit the preamp stage hard. The classic Mark IIC+ scoop is shaped using the Mooer's dedicated EQ block cutting around 800Hz while keeping 100Hz punchy and 2kHz sharp. Clean interlude: bypass the DS and EQ blocks, switch amp model to JAZZ 120 with chorus enabled.
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