What pickups you use? See I’ve read everywhere online that James used “Duncan Invader” pickups, but virtually in every photo I see (photos of him on stage with the V in both 83’ and 84’) and it really doesn’t look like invader pickups at all, and neither do yours, but it still produces the same KEA tone, just curious is all 😌
Honestly pickups dont have that big of an influence on your tone, it comes down more to EQ'ing and dialing in the amp right. As of my guitar, I use the same Electra V James used during KEA days, and it's equipped with stock Maxon pickups. Can't tell you the exact model though, but these pickups were widely used in 70s/80s japanese lawsuit guitars and a lot of Ibanez' guitas were equipped with them.
I used a Marshall JMP2203 plugin by Softube, running with a TubeScreamer, EQ and Kill Em All IR. If i recall correctly Metallica used JMPs during recording of Kill Em All and Ride The Lightning, so it's a pretty close match.
Metallica needs to see this! This is legit! I cannot believe Kill ‘Em All is 40! Tomorrow Ride the Lightning will be 39! Which is insanity! My favorite song on this album is Seek and Destroy (pretty common favorite) idk why though. I just like it, the riffs and lyrics are badass. The whole album is badass really. Your really good, nice 👍
