METALLICA TONE & GEAR VIDEO 

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0:00 Hi, I'm Ola and today I'm searching for the Metallica "Master of Puppets" guitar tone 0:06 Search completed

Coffee with James Hetfield? 🤔

Metallica. The band so metal that they have metal in their name without it sounding lame.

I actually got the Master of Puppets tour when Cliff was still alive. They opened for Ozzy. If I remember right it was Ozzy's Ultimate Sin tour. It was my first time hearing Metallica, and I was hooked. Still am.

10:47 my absolute favourite metallica song right there.

Six interesting guitar tones: 1. Piece of Mind (Iron Maiden). 2. Leviathan (Mastodon). 3. The Satanist (Behemoth). 4. The Violent Sleep of Reason (Meshuggah). 5. Ghost Reveries (Opeth). 6. And Justice for All (Metallica). Cool video Ola! Cheers from Spain.

Video title: METALLICA TONE Ola: *plays slayer*

"Going for the Master of Puppets tone." *plays One and Enter Sandman*

95dB burp. Mad respect!

10:26 enter the saddest man

10:46 ah yes, my favourite metallica song

it's definitely one of the most definitive metal album of all times it's also the first metal album to be preserved by the US Library Of Congress

11:07 when there's a fly on your fretboard

>Metallica Tone >Slayer - Raining Blood Love u Ola :D

Damn Ola, you make me feel old. I was 16 and a sophomore in high school when this record came out in March of 1986. I heard the song "Master of Puppets" on the radio(?) late one night in April and went out and bought the RECORD that week. It was like nothing I had ever heard. I mean back then Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were the kings of metal and here this album was heavier than they were! I was blown away. I remember trying to describe Metallica and "Master" to my friends and failing to do so, just started making cassette recordings of "Master" (that's right Lars) and passing them out. When August rolled around Ozzy came to my town on his Ultimate Sin Tour with opening act- you know it -Metallica! It wasn't the show I had hoped for from Metallica because that's when James had broken his arm skateboarding and had taken the stage in a cast sans guitar while his roadie played his parts behind the curtain......I'm sorry Ola. I rambled on too long. Its just that "Master of Puppets" will always mean so much to me and that young 16 year old metalhead during Metal's Golden years. I just can't explain what a game changer this record was for metal and the metal community. I have thoroughly enjoyed this video Ola. Thank you.

*James Hetfield has one Redbull* Also James: *9000 MPH downstrokes*

Last time I came this early I became a father

We need the Carcass "Heartwork" tone!! put out your Guvnor :P

Ola: the downpicking is hard for me also Ola: plays riff i’ve been trying to use only downstrokes for 2 months

Hi Ola, When I met James Hetfield in 1991, I asked him whether he recorded the whole Master of Puppets album with that Jackson King V (when I asked him to sign the picture you showed in the video). He said 'No. Only some small parts.' He recorded most of the album with his then new '84 Gibson Explorer with stock pickups. It would have been easier for you to play an Explorer shaped guitar sitting too :)

Sounds great Ola! Love you all the way from Southern California. And you’re awesome for not metallica hating

Ola you gotta do a Megadeth tone from Killing is my business, Peace Sells but who's buying, Rust in Peace or Countdown to Extinction

The legendary Mark II C+, the epitome of metal! Still kicks ass 35 years later!

Man that was tight sounding. Loved the 6:05 “99” riff by the haunted 🤘🏻

Seeing Ola downpicking made the whole world a better place for a good few minutes. And when he went back to his usual alternate picking technique, all large-scale worldly conflicts resumed their destructive deeds.. But at the time he began singing Enter Sandman, the heavens peered through the clouds and angelic choirs came descending upon the Earth caroling "hallelujah!"

If you are still interested: the JCM800 Lead Series has the "loop". Byeee

What about Jerry Cantrell's tone from Dirt and Facelift?

You know what would actually get this rig closer to the tone than it already is? Run the FX Send of the Mesa into the FX Return of a DSL 100, which is just a different flavor of an 800. I've heard how close those DSL's can get to that 800 tone even with the same EL34's for the power amp section. If you can, I'd like to see you revisit this video and put this idea to the test. I think this could be the closest anyone could get to recreating the tone.

I swear by downstrokes whenever possible. I received my training via Johnny Ramone. Yes I'm oldish.

6:46 Testament- DNR riff

This is the only person I've seen going after the 80s Metallica sound who has correctly used SD Invaders instead of EMGs. People don't seem to be aware that James only used EMGs from Justice onwards, and that the SDs were used on every album beforehand.

This is really close to the sound James has into the recording back then. But he would have had analog signal loss, tape compression and distortion. And of course guitar tone is adjusted with eq in the mix. So what Ola is doing here sounds better than the recording because of the quality of modern recoding and not being part of the mix. So if any of you think Olas sound is a bit strange compared to the album it's because of these reasons. Great riff job Ola!!

6:41 Testament - DNR ... perfect choice for thrashing out! \m/

Did not expect to hear Leper Messiah 🤔👌

can we get a megadeth tone vid?

5:08 Remarkable burp; dry, tight, just the right amount of in-your-face-ness, yet full of nuances and subtle.

I have three tones I'd love you to try and seek: 1) Leviathan from Mastodon 2) The Book of Heavy Metal from Dream Evil 3) The Wings of War from Overkill These 3 tones are my favourites of all time and I think they'd make great videos. Thank you as always Ola, much love

It’s funny how everyone shits on one of the main bands responsible for heavy music even existing. As someone who grew up in the late 80’s and 90’s Metallica was my childhood and I’m forever thankful for them.

“Get sweaty with Down picking” should be a shirt

Mark series are always tight. Especially with an EMG. Love em!

The MOP tone is one of those holy grail tones. So hard to nail. You even had a Mesa II C+ !

There is a theory that James didn't use his Marshall Cabs with the G12 Heritage speakers on MOP, but they had rented some cabs from the studio which had T-75s in them which you can definitely hear on the album and more so in the isolated tracks. The sound is unmistakable.

Pretty close. Even the burp was Jame's style. ;)

hey ola can you do a meshuggah guitar tone?

Props for the research and effort you put into replicating the tone, sounds fuckin' killer! Master of Puppets may be my favorite album of all time so this video was a nice surprise to see :D

“1985 I was four years old when that came out. And I’m 25 now.” Lol 😂

Master of Puppets is the best heavy guitar tone ever.

Slipknot - "Iowa" tone. There are a lot of speculations about it, so wanna see someone collect them in one:D

Coffee with Ola Ola: When did you start playing? Hetfield: *YEAH* in high school I’ll leave now

I seen the "Master of Puppets" tour back in March of 1986. They opened for Ozzy and I was on the floor in the center about 4-5 rows back for both bands. Absolutely killer show. 🤘🏻

There's a thread on Gearslutz where Flemming goes into detail about the recording. Most of the guitars were just the Boogie, some of the leads were slaved into the JCM800. Aphex notes on the right side are for the studio parametric EQ they had run through the Boogies FX loop. The mic EQ notes at the bottom are for an SM57, B&K 4006 OMNI mic, and AKG Goldtube mic. They used two Marshall cabs with the same miking. SM57 on center cone of a bottom speaker, the B&K OMNI center cone of another speaker, and the AKG tube mic at a 45 degree angle 4 feet away from the edge of the cab to pick up resonances. According to Flemming rhythm guitars were probably on an Explorer or possibly a Les Paul, Vs only would have been used for leads.

No one: James: Yeah!

Perfect video to start my day. Spot on sound, great playing. As for sounds, how about Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Rust in Peace album, you've already got the V out :)

The tuning was done at 435hz because they recorded/played the songs slower and sped the tape up for the final mix so the guitar parts were tighter.

7:23 whoa!!!!!!!!!! Wow tripped me out for a sec, I dident exspect that

I think Puppets is the best metal album ever and has the best guitar tone ever

Next do the testament guitar tone!! The old testament tone from Practice what you preach album and then the modern tone from dark roots of the earth album!

My Right arm hurts from just hearing this tone

Much better than I expected, I’ve never heard anyone get this close! Almost exact.

Andreas Kisser !!!!! A Charvel (model 2, Jensen doesn't have one ? 🙂) with EMG, Mesa Boogie and here we go !

One big part of the tone was the Celestion G12-65 speaker. It's a greenback-ish tone on that album

5:49 Indeed. It's a sweet sound.

11:26 "you look like some sort of dork" LMAO this is literally how mustaine holds his KV up when he solos

Cool Ola. I really appreciate you getting this pretty much exact. I practically never hear mention of the invaders. Awesome you found the notes. I remember when Rasmussen joined gearsluts and not many ppl know about that. Awesome you found that too!

Nailed it! MOP has the quintessential thrash tone IMO.

The down picking is pretty essential to the sound on ''MoP'' and ''RtL''. Alternate picking just doesn't sound right on a lot of those songs.

In 85 I was 12yrs old....I bought Kill em All....Master Of Puppets on cassette....and Justice...the 80s were cool....then Pantera came along and changed everything....Awesome time....jeez I feel old....

Could you do megadeth rust in peace? Or judas priest painkiller

Imo Ride the Lightning has definitely the best tone Metallica has ever created..even the isolated guitars sound amazing, you should give it a go, the trick is a lot of layering, scooped, but somewhat pronounced mids and a shit ton of reverb lol, I came somewhat close, but you have better equipment

Hey Ola! Could you maybe try and do Rammstein?

I think you have nailed it OLA tbh well done

I've been looking for this tutorial for a decade. Thank you.

when ola started singing Enter Sandman, a coworker had to ask me what I was laughing at.

Me who doesn't know anything about guitars or amps or anything but love heavy metal and seeing people playing guitar and absolutely shredding it

07:41 it was hard, Ola? LOL

Playing a V in a classical position is either a yay or nay. Whether it's comfortable to play or not, largely boils down to the guitar's design. Best V I've ever played is an ESP E-II Arrow (which I also own). The extra cutaway on the larger wing and good body-to-neck balance really makes it effortless to play in classical position.

Tone suggestion: Carcass - Heartwork. It’s my all time favorite sound!

Hah! My introduction to Metallica. I bought the "cassette tape" plugged it into the player in my Chevy Camaro which cued up Battery. Quickly ejected it and threw it over the back seat into the trunk where it rolled around until spring cleaning & I reevaluated it. Not bad!

I lot of guitarist friends I have dont realise that Puppets is in a different Hertz mode so when they play along in E at 440 hertz its sounds off. However I found that Damage Inc / Heroes & Sanitarium seem to be in 440 hertz.

10:26 Ola on vocals for next album * wink *

Awesome video, Ola! People can talk all the shit they want about Metallica, but Master of Puppets will outlast them all! That album was a Masterpiece.

I was 20 when this came out & got it on that very day. James used the Jackson on The Thing that should not be.. D tuning for the first time. I think that was the only song he used that guitar on. Or at least in concert that's what he used the Jackson for.

Fun fact: they didn't actually use the Mark IIC+ slaved in the JCM 800, Flemming admitted they only tried to do that on some leads but it probably didn't end up on the record

Awesome Ola! And I think that tone you made sounds more like Anthrax among the living! than the actual Master of puppets tone

Sepultura Arise album -> Max Cavalera rhythm tone

Man the low robotic crunch, it's like a tiny bit of modern flare. Cool

When an amp sounds so good you can decide what to play... so you play everything

That Raining Blood headbang had me dying. Awesome!! \,,/

At 11:00 I felt METAL running through my veins : ) so much wanna thrash now - and awesome Metallica tone 👌

That tone is from the gods 🙌🏻🙌🏻 the MKIIC+ is immortal, unbelievable man, unbelievable!

I love that in the recording we don’t have to hear the Accoustic sounds of the strings over the amp - nothing worse than the twangy

IIRC, they tuned the guitars lower while recording but sped the tapes up in post to achieve a tighter sound. I think what ended up being released is pretty much A=440hz.

Ola! Great video! Modern day Testament (Pale King) has a great thrash tone! Could you do a video on what they are using? Thanks very much!

My favourite Metallica song 10:46

Ola singing Enter Sandman is the greatest thing I have seen on youtube

Great job as always. Maybe you should try the infamous « Slaughter of the soul » guitar sound. It is a nice challenge and you already have all the boss distorsion pedals needed.

The secret to these amps is the EQ staging, the 3 band before the preamp and the 5 band after before the power amp. 3 band Treb 10, Mid 0, bass 0. 5 band eq to taste. To improve down picking hold the pick with 3 fingers, James does it and it helps endurance.

Would love to know where I can get a DBA meter like yours?

As long as you've got a kick ass sound and kick ass tunes, who gives a f@$k what you look like playing🤘😎🤘 I've only recently found your channel and music after an almost twenty year break from guitar and I'm very glad I did. Also, your album is awesome. Like a melodic flight over darkness. Over. Not through. An epic album. Definitely my new favourite channel.