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
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
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
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.
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