Generic Metallica tone | Guitar | Page 1

river bane Jul 15, 2025, 6:22 PM

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I dont know that much about metal tones lol
i have a boss katana 100 mk3 and a yamaha revstar rss20
im also using the boss tone studio
i dont want to use someone elses patch because i want to have a clean tone underneath a distortion pedal so i can turn it on and off easier
thank you

spark sorrel Jul 15, 2025, 10:23 PM

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basic signal chain for metal : overdrive as clean boost (no gain, all level) -> high gain amp, mids slightly scooped -> v30 speakers with SM57 mic

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 12:33 AM

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spark sorrel basic signal chain for metal : overdrive as clean boost (no gain, all level) -> ...

but the thing is i want a clean amp under a pedal

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so i can go from clean to distorted without having to take up mutliple channels

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:09 AM

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@river bane are you working with a real pedal here or just switching it on in the katana

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:09 AM

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buoyant kayak <@1296560204367790201> are you working with a real pedal here or just switching ...

no real pedals

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those are for sweats

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:09 AM

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i agree

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i would use either the clean or pushed setting to begin
mids around 3 everything else 6-7
should get you clean but tight enough to prepare for the distortion

for the distortion u might play around with gain 7-10, around 6-7 tone and pretty high level

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:11 AM

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buoyant kayak i would use either the clean or pushed setting to begin mids around 3 everything...

what specfic distortion pedal should i use?

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theres like 3 metal ones

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:12 AM

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what are they called again

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i use boss librarian so im not sure if theyre the same

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:12 AM

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hold on my computer is being a bitch

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:12 AM

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fair

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:13 AM

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i use linux so i have to run this wretched program in a vm

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:13 AM

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l*nux 'people'

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:13 AM

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ok i fixed it

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i just had to reconfigure the mainframe

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:13 AM

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im comp sci dont try to jargon me

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:13 AM

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ehehheheheh

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:14 AM

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give me the names

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:14 AM

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"metal core" "metal ds" METAL ZONE

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gotta use the metal zone and crank everything on it

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:15 AM

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go for metal ds

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:15 AM

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alr

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:15 AM

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metalzone will work too but i think metalds is simpler to work with for me

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:15 AM

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ok

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:15 AM

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metalcore doesnt work as well with scooped mids

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:15 AM

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missleading name

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:16 AM

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see if that gets you anywhere close

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its great but not for metallica

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:18 AM

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it sounds like a fire breathing dragon

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and not in a good way

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but its probably everything else

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:18 AM

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hmm

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how high is your gain on your clean tone

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:20 AM

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12 o clock

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i can send a recording if you want

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but it has to be through my phone because my daw dosent feel like working today

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:21 AM

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thats ok, try lowering the gain to like 3

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:21 AM

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3 oclock or 3 like 30

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:22 AM

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30/100

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:22 AM

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ok

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:22 AM

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are we on pushed or clean amp

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:23 AM

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clean

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:24 AM

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okay we'll try something different then

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make sure your guitar's tone knobs are all the way up tho

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we can put the bass at 3-4 and the mids and treble at 6-7

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:25 AM

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this is what it sounds like rn

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:26 AM

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do you want it to clean up some and be more defined?

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:27 AM

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yes

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this is what i set the eq to

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:30 AM

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lets get rid of the bass and boost the mids

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that should clean it up a bit more

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might be what you want

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:30 AM

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ok

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:31 AM

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around 3-4 for the bass and 6-7 for mid

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6-7 treble probably

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:34 AM

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you know it actually sounds kinda good how it is

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 1:34 AM

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fantastic

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 1:38 AM

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i honestly dont know

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my daw works now

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im pretty happy with it

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the solo is the neck pickup btw

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thank you for your help

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 2:52 AM

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hell yeah

river bane Jul 16, 2025, 3:34 AM

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buoyant kayak hell yeah

do you think it sounds good

buoyant kayak Jul 16, 2025, 3:35 AM

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yws

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