Equipment Description and Setup:
E.S.P.-Guitars:
WaveCaster - Wave Machine
KH-1 - Flying V - Devil inlays
KH-2a - M-II - Skull & Crossbones I
KH-2a - M-II - Skull & Crossbones II
KH-2b - M-II - Ouija
KH-2b - M-II - Ouija II
KH-2c - M-II - Boris Karloff Mummy graphic
KH-3 - Eclipse - Pushead Spider graphic
KH-4 - M-II - F--k You
LTD - Smashed guitar
Semi-Acoustic Eclipse
Other Guitars Used For On-Stage:
Dan Electro U2
Fender Stratocaster - cream
Fernandes Flying V
Fernandes Stratocaster
Gibson Flying V #1 - black
Gibson Flying V #2 - red
Gibson Flying V #3 - black
Gibson Chet Atkins Accoustic/Electric
Gibson Les Paul Custom - black
Gibson Les Paul Standard - cherry burst
Jackson Randy Rhodes Custom
Jackson Soloist
Ibanez RG470
Tom Anderson Stratocaster
Other Guitars Used For Recording/Non-Stage:
Fender Stratocaster S.R.V. - Black
Fender Stratocaster - Natural Finish
Fender Stratocaster - Seafoam Green
Parker Fly
All Aluminum Roswell Randy Rhoads Flying V
Gibson Super 400
1963 Gold Fender Stratocaster
1958 Gibson Flying V
1960 Gibson Explorer
Early Gibson Les Paul
Amplifier:
Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 power amps
Mesa Boogie MK IV amp
Mesa Boogie 4 x 12 speaker cabinets
Mesa Boogie Triaxis preamp
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Marshall JMP-1
Marshall 4 x 12 speaker cabinets
Marshall practice amps
Custom Audio Electronics preamp
ADA MP-1 preamp
Effects: Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah pedals
EMB Audio Remote Wah units
EMB/Ernie Ball Wah Pedals-custom
Multiple Foot Pedals Custom Rackmount
Rocktron RSB-18F pedal boards
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Bradshaw Switching System
Bradshaw Patch Bay Custom
Other Equipment:
Roland VG-8
Furman power strips
Nady 1200 Wireless receivers and transmitters
ADA MQ-1 E.Q.
Alesis Data Disk
Juice Goose power strip
Eventide H3000 SE
Boss SE-50
Rocktron Juice Extractor
Aphex Parametric E.Q.
Rocktron Patchmate
Ascot Road cases
Dunlop pedals
Pro-Co sound cables
Peterson 520 strobe tuner
Floyd Rose Tremelo Systems
Whirlwind channel boxes
Ultra guitar stands
R & R road cases
DiMarzio guitar straps
Strings:
Dean Markley strings
Picks:
Dunlop Green Tortex .88 mm Guitar Picks
EMG 81 Pickups
To get Metallica's tone one requirement is to either have good humbuckers, or active single coils. first off use the bridge pickup for the distorted stuff. Next dial in as much bass as you can on the amp. Then put your treble at 10, and for the old stuff you cut the mids completely. for some of the newer stuff, roll the mids up until it gets too cheesy. this is how they some of the crunch on "Sad But True" and "Devil's Dance". Then roll back the treble just until you get enough cut, to keep from getting a fizzled static sound. Plus don't automatically turn the gain to 10, you might find if you turn it down just a bit you get less noise and more attack. for clean sounds use either the middle or neck positions along with some effects. The only thing left is a lot of practice.
M. Ortosky
