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Nothing else matters amp settings — Engl Fireball 100

The Metallica guitar tone for “Nothing else matters”, dialed in for a Engl Fireball 100 with a Warwick RockBass Corvette. Studio version, Metallica (The Black Album, 1991)

Original rig

Fretless Music Man StingRay / Spector NS-2 into Ampeg SVT-II and SVT 810 cab blended with clean DI

Warm, smooth, rounded low-end with subtle fretless mwah and mellow top end

Amp settings — Engl Fireball 100

CHANNELClean channel (notes: Bottom off, Mid Boost off, Ultra Bright off)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	3
Presence	3
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Engl Fireball 100 is a high-gain tube guitar head, so we must run strictly on the Clean channel with low gain (2) to prevent any preamp crunch on the bass. We roll back treble and presence on the Fireball while cutting the Warwick's onboard tone to 4 to mimic the dark, warm bloom of Newsted's fretless StingRay without catching the sharp guitar-amp top-end bite. Keep the Bottom and Mid Boost buttons disengaged to preserve a clean, balanced low-frequency response without flubbing out the power section.

PRO TIPPluck with the meat of your thumb or flesh of your index and middle fingers directly over the base of the neck rather than near the bridge to maximize fundamental depth and recreate that soft acoustic/fretless attack.

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