How It Was Recorded

Artist

Metallica

Records

Usual practice

What the people behind these records say they generally do. None of it is stated for a particular record, so every item is rated inferred.

  • Mesa/Boogie Amplifier head (model not stated)Rhythm guitarInferred

    Usual practice, not stated for this record: Staub thinks Hetfield’s standard setup was a Mesa-Boogie head, with other amps added to fill out the tone.

    From the record for Metallica, where the source is linked.

Gear on these records