One amp settings — Marshall JVM410H

The Metallica guitar tone for “One”, dialed in for a Marshall JVM410H with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, ...And Justice for All (1988) — clean intro/verse arpeggios

Original rig

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (primary clean amp), Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (secondary), ESP MX-220/Explorer with EMG 81/60 active humbuckers

Shimmering, pristine clean with subtle chorus, bright but not harsh, tight low end with controlled reverb

Amp settings — Marshall JVM410H

CHANNELClean GreenBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Chorus (RECOMMENDED — not currently owned)

RECOMMENDED — The Roland JC-120's built-in stereo chorus is essential to this tone. A Boss CE-2, MXR Analog Chorus, or EHX Small Clone gets you there. Run into amp input.

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Level 6

Why these settings

The JVM's Clean Green channel is your closest match to the JC-120's pristine headroom. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than the original EMG humbuckers—bass dropped to 4 (vs original 7-8) to prevent wooliness, mids raised to 6 to compensate for the Strat's natural mid-scoop. Treble at 5 prevents the Strat's ice-pick highs. Tone knob rolled to 7 tames single-coil brightness to approximate humbucker warmth.

PRO TIPUse your Strat's neck pickup with the tone rolled slightly back and pick closer to the fretboard for that glassy, round attack—this mimics the compressed, even response of EMG actives through the JC-120's solid-state clean.

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