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seek and destroy amp settings — harley benton HB40R

The metallica guitar tone for “seek and destroy”, dialed in for a harley benton HB40R with a harley benton SC1000 Progressive line. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983) - iconic main riff

Original rig

Electra Flying V copy (Seymour Duncan Invader) into ProCo Rat distortion pushing a Jose Arredondo-modded Marshall 100W Super Lead (1959) head into Marshall 4x12 cab

Aggressive, raw early-thrash crunch with tight low-end and biting upper mids
Amp settings — harley benton HB40R
CHANNELClean ChannelBOOSToff
GAIN 2 BASS 6 MID 5 TREBLE 6 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass6
Mid5
Treble6
Reverb0
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Joyo Extreme Metal

Direct into amp input

Low 6 · Mid 4 · High 7 · Level 6 · Gain 7 · Boost 0
Why these settings

The Joyo Extreme Metal acts as the dedicated high-gain preamp to emulate the early 80s Jose-modded Marshall and Rat combo, so the HB40R is kept on its Clean channel with gain at 2 to avoid muddy double-gain staging. Kill 'Em All tones have more midrange bite than later scooped Metallica records, so Mid is set around 4 on the pedal rather than fully scooped, and High is pushed to capture the raw top-end attack. The HB40R lacks a physical presence knob so that control is left null.

PRO TIPUse strict, aggressive downpicking near the bridge saddles with a stiff pick to get that tight, percussive early Hetfield palm-mute punch.

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