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Welcome Home (Sanitarium) amp settings — Blackstar ID 30 TVP

The Metallica guitar tone for “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID 30 TVP with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio cut, Master of Puppets (1986) — iconic clean intro with chorus

Original rig

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (clean) / Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ slaved to Marshall JCM800 (heavy sections), Jackson King V / Gibson Flying V

Lush, pristine chorus clean with scooped mids and clear highs

Amp settings — Blackstar ID 30 TVP

CHANNELClean Bright voice; ISF: 2 (American/JC-120 scooped); TVP: 6L6BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Built-in ID:30 Modulation (Chorus)

Engage built-in Chorus effect on the amp

Type 1 · Speed 4 · Depth 6

Why these settings

The iconic intro relies on the pristine, crystalline headroom of a Roland JC-120 with stereo chorus. On the Blackstar ID:30 TVP, select Clean Bright with the ISF turned counter-clockwise toward American voicing to scoop the 800Hz region and pair it with the 6L6 TVP tube emulation for glassy dynamics. The ID:30 TVP has no dedicated presence knob on its faceplate, so upper-end shimmer is dialed in via the Treble pot.

PRO TIPPick cleanly with a medium-heavy pick right between the neck pickup and the fretboard to emphasize the rounded, bell-like attack of the intro arpeggios.

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