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Seek & Destroy amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Metallica guitar tone for “Seek & Destroy”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983) - Main Riff

Original rig

Jose Arredondo-modded Marshall 1959 Super Lead, ProCo Rat / Ibanez TS9 boost, Electra Flying V copy (Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker)

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

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELRock 80s (Marshall JCM800 model) with onboard Overdrive stomp blockBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Overdrive Block (Mustang LT25)

Set as tight clean boost in front of the Rock 80s amp model

Drive 2 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 lacks a dedicated physical presence knob, so upper-end bite is shaped by pushing Treble to 7 and using the Rock 80s Marshall model. The onboard Overdrive block acts as the classic TS9/Rat boost in front of the amp to tighten the Jackson JS22 high-output humbuckers and chop the flubby low-end. Mids are kept at 4 to capture the early thrash British bite without over-scooping.

PRO TIPStrict, aggressive downpicking with heavy palm muting right against the bridge saddles is essential to match James Hetfield's percussive attack on the main riff.

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