No Remorse amp settings — Fender Rumble 40

The Metallica guitar tone for “No Remorse”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 40 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983) — main rhythm tone

Original rig

Marshall 100-watt head, Electra Flying Wedge / Gibson Flying V, ProCo Rat / Boss overdrive into boosted Marshall

Raw, aggressive thrash with tight palm-muted riffs, midrange bark, and cutting attack

Amp settings — Fender Rumble 40

CHANNELOverdrive switch ON, Drive 8, Level 7; Contour OFF, Bright ON, Vintage OFF; Low-Mid 7, High-Mid 8 (notes)BRIGHTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 or Boss DS-1

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential to achieve true Kill 'Em All thrash saturation into a bass amp

Distortion 7 · Filter 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Fender Rumble 40 is a bass amp with a clean, low-end focused voicing, so engage the built-in Overdrive circuit with Drive at 8 to generate playable crunch today. Push the High-Mid (8) and Low-Mid (7) bands aggressively while rolling Bass back to 5 to avoid muddy speaker flub on palm mutes. Adding an external high-gain distortion like a Rat or DS-1 will properly deliver the searing 1983 Marshall thrash bite.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm tight against the bridge saddles and execute aggressive, precise downstrokes right over the bridge pickup to emulate James Hetfield's signature percussive thrash attack.

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