Master of puppets amp settings — Vox Vt40+
The Metallica guitar tone for “Master of puppets”, dialed in for a Vox Vt40+ with a Dean Ml select fluence. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) — main rhythm riff
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (slaved into Marshall JCM800 power section) + Jackson King V / Gibson Explorer with Seymour Duncan Invader / EMG 81 + Mesa 5-band Graphic EQ in classic V-curve
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
02Suapouen Vintage Overdrive
Tightening boost: cuts flubby sub-bass and pushes the Ceres preamp attack
03KSR Ceres One Preamp
Primary gain source; set Mode switch to Lead/Rhythm (tight high-gain) with Feel/Bright engaged for Mesa-style crunch
Your KSR Ceres provides the authentic high-gain American preamp saturation, so the VT40+ is set clean to prevent double-gain mud. The Vintage Overdrive acts as a classic clean boost in front of the Ceres to cut sub-bass flub and sharpen pick attack, while the scooped mids replicate the Mark IIC+ graphic EQ V-curve. Clean interlude: switch to neck pickup, bypass the Ceres and Overdrive, and use the VT40+ clean amp tone.
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