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Seek and destroy amp settings — Fender Frontman 10g

The Metallica guitar tone for “Seek and destroy”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 10g with a First Act ME357. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983) — Main riff and rhythm tone

Original rig

Marshall 1959 Super Lead (Jose Arredondo modded) + ProCo Rat distortion + Electra Flying V with Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker

Aggressive, raw early-thrash bite with tight low-end crunch and prominent upper-mid rasp

Amp settings — Fender Frontman 10g

CHANNELOverdrive (OD switch pressed in)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	7
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with this pedal, switch the amp to Clean with Gain at 2 and Treble at 5

Distortion 6 · Filter 6 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Frontman 10G relies on a single small 6-inch speaker and lacks a dedicated midrange control, so push Treble to 7 on the Overdrive channel to capture the biting Marshall upper-mid rasp while keeping Bass at 5 to prevent low-end flub. Setting gain to 7 delivers the raw thrash saturation of the original Jose-modded Marshall without totally losing note definition. Adding an external ProCo Rat distortion into the clean channel will get you much closer to the true album grit.

PRO TIPStrict, aggressive downpicking with heavy palm-muting right against the bridge saddles is essential to getting the percussive, razor-sharp chug of James Hetfield's early rhythm attack.

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