That Was Just Your Life — Guitar Tone

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Original gear

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Pickups

Bridge pickup

Tone character

tight and percussive, scooped mids, aggressive palm muting, high-gain saturation, articulate low end, crisp highs, dry, immediate response, modern metal clarity, minimal ambience, focused attack

Recording context

studio

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Sources

• Death Magnetic - Gear & Equipment Used on the Album
• James Hetfield's guitar tone on Metallica's Sad But True
• Guitarists, how does James activate distortion in mid-song ...

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