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Seek & Destroy amp settings — Gear4music ?

The Metallica guitar tone for “Seek & Destroy”, dialed in for a Gear4music ? with a Gear4music Telecaster. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983) - Main Riff

Original rig

Marshall 1959 Super Lead / JCM800 (boosted with Ibanez TS9 / ProCo Rat) + Gibson Flying V copy (Seymour Duncan Invader)

Raw, aggressive NWOBHM-influenced thrash crunch with prominent upper-mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Gear4music ?

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion

Primary high-gain source (LM308-style Rat circuit)

Gain 7 · Tone 6 · Volume 7

Why these settings

Because the exact Gear4music amplifier model is unspecified, universal EQ parameters are used and the amp must be kept clean to allow the Grand Magus to generate the primary 1983 thrash distortion. The Telecaster bridge single-coil is brighter and thinner than Hetfield's high-output humbuckers, so the guitar tone knob is rolled back slightly and bass is pushed to compensate. Reverb is set to 0 to preserve the dry, punchy bite of early Metallica rhythm tracks.

PRO TIPUse aggressive, strict downpicking anchored tightly near the bridge saddle to nail the percussive palm-muted chug of the main riff.

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