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Master of puppets amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Metallica guitar tone for “Master of puppets”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Ibanez RG470AHM-BMT. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) — main rhythm riff

Original rig

Jackson Custom Shop King V (Seymour Duncan Invaders) -> Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (preamp slaved into Marshall JCM800 power section) with 5-band graphic EQ V-curve

Aggressive, tight, scooped thrash rhythm with crushing low-end chunk and sharp attack

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELClean

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

Primary gain and EQ source running straight into the clean channel

Level 6 · High 7 · Low 7 · Middle 3 · Mid Freq 4 · Dist 6

Why these settings

The Boss MT-2 acts as the gain and EQ engine to recreate the signature Mark IIC+ V-curve scoop, so the Orange Crush 20 is set to its Clean channel with gain at 2 to avoid muddy double-distortion. The parametric mid frequency on the MT-2 is dialed around 800Hz and scooped hard to match the Mesa graphic EQ, while the Orange's naturally warm mid-forward analog voice is kept neutral. Clean interlude: bypass the MT-2 and switch to the middle single-coil pickup.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm tight against the bridge saddles and execute strict downpicking with a heavy 1.0mm+ pick near the bridge pickup to achieve Hetfield's percussive attack.

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