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Master of puppets amp settings — Mooer GE100

The Metallica guitar tone for “Master of puppets”, dialed in for a Mooer GE100 with a Harley Benton Fusion-III HH. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) — signature rhythm track

Original rig

Gibson Explorer / Jackson King V (Seymour Duncan Invaders) into Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ preamp slaved into Marshall JCM800 power amp, Marshall 4x12 cab, studio parametric EQ V-scoop

Aggressive, razor-sharp thrash crunch with tight low end and heavily scooped midrange

Amp settings — Mooer GE100

CHANNELCALI MK 3 (Mesa Mark style model) + 4x12 V30 Cab SimBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Mooer GE100 DS/OD Block (TUBE DRV)

Clean boost before amp block to tighten pickup attack

Gain 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Mooer GE100 EQ Block

Post-amp graphic EQ creating the signature Mark IIC+ V-curve scoop

100Hz 6 · 250Hz 4 · 800Hz 2 · 2kHz 7 · 5kHz 6

03Mooer GE100 NS Block (Noise Gate)

Essential for razor-sharp palm-mute staccato stops

Threshold 6

Why these settings

The GE100's Cali Mark model captures the liquid preamp gain of the Mark IIC+, while cutting the amp mid knob to 2 and setting an aggressive V-scoop in the onboard graphic EQ block recreates the classic studio parametric notch at 800Hz. Your Harley Benton's bridge humbucker has sufficient output, so the front Tube Drive block is dialed with gain low and level high purely to trim flub and focus the attack. Clean interlude: switch to the GE100 clean preset or bypass DS/OD and roll guitar volume back with neck pickup selected.

PRO TIPEvery signature downstroke in this track relies on strict right-hand muting right against the bridge saddles; angle your pick slightly forward to get the percussive click before the note blooms.

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