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Master of Puppets amp settings — Vault Fury 15

The Metallica guitar tone for “Master of Puppets”, dialed in for a Vault Fury 15 with a VaulT St-1. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) - Main rhythm track

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (V-curve 5-band graphic EQ) into Marshall JCM800 2203 power amp, Jackson King V / Gibson Explorer with high-output humbuckers

Aggressive, tight, high-gain thrash rhythm with deeply scooped mids and punchy low-end

Amp settings — Vault Fury 15

CHANNELDrive / OD ChannelBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Mid	2
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone or ProCo Rat

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; place in front of clean channel for authentic high-gain scoop

Distortion 7 · Level 5 · Low 7 · High 7 · Middle 2

Why these settings

The Vault Fury 15 is a compact solid-state practice amp with a 3-band EQ and Drive switch, lacking the massive headroom and cascaded tube compression of the Mesa/Marshall rig. To mimic the iconic Mesa Mark IIC+ V-curve EQ, scoop the amp's Middle knob down to 2 while pushing Bass to 8 and Treble to 7 on the Drive channel. Clean interlude: switch to the Clean channel with guitar volume rolled back to 7.

PRO TIPStrictly downpick all fast eighth-note palm-muted rhythm figures with the fleshy edge of your picking hand clamped firmly against the bridge saddles to keep the chugs tight and percussive.

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