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Seek and destroy amp settings — Nux Mighty 60 mkii

The Metallica guitar tone for “Seek and destroy”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty 60 mkii with a Ibanez Azes 40 BK. 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 — Nux Mighty 60 mkii

CHANNELTwin Reverb (Clean) amp model + 4x12 1960A Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

Primary gain engine running direct into clean amp model

Tone 4 · Level 7 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The Boss DS-1 replaces the original ProCo Rat as the primary gain stage, requiring the NUX Mighty to sit on a clean platform model with gain dropped to 2 to avoid muddy double-distortion. The Ibanez AZES40 bridge humbucker is lower output than Hetfield's high-output Seymour Duncan Invader, so the DS-1 distortion is pushed to 8 while keeping tone slightly below noon to prevent treble harshness. EQ on the amp keeps mids intact around 6 to preserve the raw British cut characteristic of early thrash rather than later scooped Metallica tones.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly against the bridge saddles and execute aggressive, synchronized downstrokes across the open A and low E strings to recreate James Hetfield's signature percussive thrash attack.

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