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Nothing Else Matters amp settings — Katana Boss Mini

The Metallica guitar tone for “Nothing Else Matters”, dialed in for a Katana Boss Mini with a Jackson JS11 Dinky AH. Studio version, Metallica (The Black Album, 1991) — iconic clean fingerpicked intro

Original rig

Roland JC-120 / Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ clean channel, ESP Explorer (EMG 60 active neck humbucker), studio rack reverb

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

Amp settings — Katana Boss Mini

CHANNELClean

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	6
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss RV-6 Reverb

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; select Hall mode for the studio ambience

E.Level 5 · Tone 5 · Time 6 · Mode 4

Why these settings

The Katana Mini lacks an onboard reverb and has no presence knob, so keep the amp on the Clean voice with low gain to replicate the high-headroom JC-120 tone. Your Jackson JS11 ceramic neck humbucker has high output, so roll the guitar tone knob back slightly to 8 to soften the top-end bite into the EMG 60's smooth character. Leave the UM300 pedal completely bypassed since this intro requires a 100% pristine clean signal.

PRO TIPPluck the open strings and arpeggios using the flesh of your fingertips rather than a pick to replicate James Hetfield's warm, rounded attack on the intro.

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