The CCV can nail the tone Hetfield got on"Load".....

[gibson5413]

Clip sounded great regardless of the ongoing debate.

For a site that will pay $3700 for a Jose Marshall type amp lots have ears that need work

I love you Scott!

 

[Meathead]

Clip sounded great regardless of the ongoing debate.

Scott started it.
...and yes nice clip, heavy tone yet stringy.

 

[Digital Jams]

Sorry but stock with filtering and input hit with something, that's it.

Saw it, played it.

"input hit with something" ...that's a big something, don't ya think?

Maybe he was borrowing Tek's Flanger?

 

[Digital Jams]

Clip sounded great regardless of the ongoing debate.

Scott started it.
...and yes nice clip, heavy tone yet stringy.

Not my fault people think the Black album is marshalls

 

[gibson5413]

Clip sounded great regardless of the ongoing debate.

Scott started it.
...and yes nice clip, heavy tone yet stringy.

Not my fault people think the Black album is marshalls

I hear Mark series amps throughout that release. Sounds Mesa to me.

 

[Digital Jams]

Clip sounded great regardless of the ongoing debate.

Scott started it.
...and yes nice clip, heavy tone yet stringy.

Not my fault people think the Black album is marshalls

I hear Mark series amps throughout that release. Sounds Mesa to me.

I agree, too much compression for Marshall imo. There may be some marshall type amp in the mix but it is not dominate by any means.

 

[EXPcustom]

Clip sounded great regardless of the ongoing debate.

Scott started it.
...and yes nice clip, heavy tone yet stringy.

Not my fault people think the Black album is marshalls

I hear Mark series amps throughout that release. Sounds Mesa to me.

I agree, too much compression for Marshall imo. There may be some marshall type amp in the mix but it is not dominate by any means.

There is EVERYTHING in the black album but yes mostly Mesa stuff.

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry but stock with filtering and input hit with something, that's it.

Saw it, played it.

"input hit with something" ...that's a big something, don't ya think?

Boss GE-10 or MXR 6 band. Well documented... My ears tell me the GE-10 is the VH I tone through my Metropolous 12000 series with the virtual variac on...

Steve

 

[chunktone]

They also seem capable of sounding good!

 

[petejt]

Not my fault people think the Black album is marshalls

I hear Mark series amps throughout that release. Sounds Mesa to me.

I agree, too much compression for Marshall imo. There may be some marshall type amp in the mix but it is not dominate by any means.

You are correct. Metallica (Black Album)'s RHYTHM guitar tone was dominantly Mesa/Boogie. The MarkIIC+, the MarkIV, the Studio preamp into Strategy 400 poweramp, the Quad preamp.
That Jose Marshall was added in as an extra flavour, most likely dialled in low in the mix. I guess it was slightly more prominent on some tracks rather than others.
I'm not sure which, but I can say there is a distinct timbre difference from Don't Tread on Me (has more breadth, bulkiness) to Through the Never (more clenched, edgy).


The black and purple Plexi amps that are seen in the studio at the time was for Kirk's guitar tone, and only a third of it anyway. Those Marshalls were blended in for the higher register of the lead guitar tone, while the Bradshaw preamp into the VHT poweramp was blended in for the lower register (lows & mids). Remember they had microphones all over the room with everything cranked up, so any high-sounding Marshall is going to have a slightly mellower sound than if it was close-mic'ed.