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nothing else matters amp settings — fender mustang v .i.i

The metallica guitar tone for “nothing else matters”, dialed in for a fender mustang v .i.i with a Schecter Synyster Standard. Studio version, Metallica (Black Album, 1991)

Original rig

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus amp, Tom Anderson ProAM Strat (single coils), MXR DynaComp compressor, built-in JC-120 stereo chorus

Pristine fingerpicked clean with glassy shimmer and subtle stereo chorus

Amp settings — fender mustang v .i.i

CHANNELFender '65 Twin Reverb model (closest to JC-120 crystalline clean)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Compressor (Mustang built-in)

Essential for the sustained, even fingerpicked tone — mimics the DynaComp in the original signal chain

Level 6 · Threshold 5

02Chorus (Mustang built-in)

The JC-120's defining characteristic — slow, lush stereo chorus. Critical for this tone.

Speed 3 · Depth 5 · Level 5

Why these settings

Your Schecter has hot EMG-style humbuckers vs the original's low-output single coils — using the neck pickup with tone rolled to 7 tames the brightness gap. The Mustang's Twin Reverb model is the closest voicing to a JC-120's solid-state clarity. Gain stays at 2 because EMGs push harder; the original was completely clean with zero breakup.

PRO TIPFingerpick this song — Hetfield used no pick on the intro arpeggios. Let your thumb handle the low E while index/middle/ring pluck the G/B/high E strings simultaneously. The compressor will even out the dynamics between your fingers.

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