Orion amp settings — Fazley Kubo 10

The Metallica guitar tone for “Orion”, dialed in for a Fazley Kubo 10 with a Aria TA - 40 WR. Studio version, Master of Puppets (1986) — heavy riff sections

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ preamp into Marshall JCM800 2203 power amp, ESP M-I Custom with active EMG 81 bridge humbucker

Aggressive mid-forward thrash rhythm with tight low-end and cutting high-mids, dry and punchy

Amp settings — Fazley Kubo 10

CHANNELOverdrive channel (Drive button pushed IN)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Treble	7
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low end and provides the Mesa IIC+ preamp saturation that a practice amp cannot generate alone

Distortion 7 · Filter 6 · Volume 6

Why these settings

The Fazley Kubo 10 is a basic solid-state practice amp with only Gain, Volume, Bass, and Treble controls (no mid, presence, or reverb knobs), so engage its Drive button and push gain to 8 for maximum playable saturation today. Because your Aria TA-40 semi-hollow with passive humbuckers has a softer attack and looser low-end than James and Kirk's active EMG 81 solidbodies, keep bass at 6 to prevent the small speaker from flubbing and push treble to 7 for pick bite. With the recommended Rat pedal in the future, set the Kubo to its clean channel with gain at 2 and let the pedal supply the tight Mark IIC+ crunch. Clean interlude: disengage the Drive button to switch to the clean channel with volume rolled down to 7.

PRO TIPMute firmly with the meat of your palm right against the bridge saddles and execute aggressive, continuous downpicking to replicate the tight, percussive chug of Hetfield's rhythm attack on a semi-hollow guitar.

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