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Nothing Else Matters amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Metallica guitar tone for “Nothing Else Matters”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a ESP LTD EC-256. Studio version, Metallica (The Black Album, 1991) — iconic clean fingerpicked intro

Original rig

Roland JC-120 / Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ clean channel, ESP MX-220 Explorer with EMG 60 in the neck position, Lexicon 480L studio rack reverb

Pristine, warm, round clean tone with gentle presence and studio hall space

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELTwin Clean amp modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	6
Reverb	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Large Hall Reverb block

Built into Mustang LT25 signal chain

Decay 6 · Level 5

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25's Twin Clean model provides the ultra-clean, high-headroom platform used on the original Roland JC-120 and Mesa clean tracks. Since the LTD EC-256 passive neck humbucker is slightly darker than James Hetfield's active EMG 60, keeping treble at 6 and dialing the guitar tone knob to 8 delivers warmth without getting muddy. Reverb is set moderately high on the onboard Hall algorithm to emulate the spacious studio Lexicon unit.

PRO TIPPluck the open strings and chords gently using the fleshy pads of your thumb and fingers rather than a hard pick attack to capture Hetfield's soft, rounded transient response.

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