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Master of puppets amp settings — Orange Rocker 15

The Metallica guitar tone for “Master of puppets”, dialed in for a Orange Rocker 15 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) — main rhythm riff

Original rig

Jackson King V (Seymour Duncan Invader) -> Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (preamp) slaved into Marshall JCM800 power amp, 5-band Graphic EQ (classic V-curve scoop)

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

Amp settings — Orange Rocker 15

CHANNELDirty Channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	2
Treble	8
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens the low-end chunk and sharpens palm-muted pick attack

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 9

Why these settings

The Orange Rocker 15 naturally produces thick, warm low-mids, so the middle control is cut aggressively to 2 to replicate the classic Mesa Mark IIC+ graphic EQ V-curve scoop. Treble is pushed to 8 to add the missing upper-mid bite and string scrape that the Orange power section normally smooths out. Clean interlude: switch to the Natural channel with guitar volume rolled back to 7.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm directly over the bridge saddles and execute aggressive, all-downstroke palm muting with a heavy 1.0mm+ pick to achieve the tight percussive attack of the signature riff.

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