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To live is to die amp settings — Mooer GE150

The Metallica guitar tone for “To live is to die”, dialed in for a Mooer GE150 with a ESP LTD KH-202 Kirk Hammett. Studio version, ...And Justice for All (1988) — iconic heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ & Mark III heads (V-curve graphic EQ), Marshall 4x12 cabs (Celestion V30), ESP MX-220 / Gibson Explorer with EMG 81/60 pickups

Ultra-tight, dry, aggressive scooped-mid thrash metal crunch with razor-sharp attack

Amp settings — Mooer GE150

CHANNELMesa Boogie Mark-style amp model (e.g. CALI MK3 / CALI V) + 4x12 V30 Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	2
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Mooer GE150 EQ Block

Place post-amp block to emulate the classic Mesa Boogie Mark series 5-band graphic V-curve EQ.

100Hz 7 · 250Hz 4 · 630Hz 2 · 1.4kHz 4 · 4kHz 7

02Mooer GE150 Noise Killer (Gate)

Hard gate in front of the amp block to clamp down for razor-sharp palm-muted stops.

Threshold 6 · Decay 2

Why these settings

The signature Justice rhythm sound comes from cutting the midrange drastically after the gain stages, which is achieved on the GE150 using the CALI Mark model paired with an onboard post-amp graphic EQ set in a deep V-curve. Because your LTD KH-202 has high-output passive humbuckers rather than active EMGs, the amp gain is kept at 7 with a hard noise gate to maintain maximum percussive attack without flub. Clean interlude: switch to a twin clean amp model with compressor and bypass the EQ block.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge saddles using heavy downstrokes with the edge of a thick, stiff pick (1.0mm+) to produce the signature metallic scrape and immediate transient response of this album.

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