One — Guitar Tone

Amp settings (0–10)

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — ToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

Original gear

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Pickups

Bridge pickup

Effects / signal chain

noise_gate, reverb

Tone character

tight and percussive, scooped mids, aggressive palm muting, high-gain saturation, articulate rhythm clarity, crisp high end, chunky low end, fast alternate picking, muted string 'chuks' overdubs, dry, focused attack

Recording context

studio

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Sources

• what amp settings i need to get the iconic One by metallica tone?
• James Hetfield's guitar tone on Metallica's Sad But True: secrets behind the sound | Guitar World

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