The biggest myth of the Metallica tone is the scooped mids. I've seen a lot of people with their amps (Mesa, 5150, Marshall and so on) using extreme settings like 0 mids and full trebles. It does not sound that good: it is harsh, thin and does not sit well in the mix. If you listen to Metallica doing chords, like in "From whom the bell tolls" or in some part of "Seek and destroy", their guitar roars: there is an obvious good amount of mids. Scooped mids referers usually to a setting around 4 in most of amps. Especially if you are doing it in on an american style Mesa Boogie Amp witch is already midscooped. The main point s getting roaring mids for your chords and tight basses for your palm muting.
So, here is my setting for the amp:
It may be a surprise that i am not using a Mesa Model. In the Mesa Bass mid and treble are, in fact, secondary overdrive controls. They do affect your gain, especially the bass control (where trebe act this way on many many amp). Your bass control should be tuned based on your guitar. I wanted to avoid that and make a preset that works well with an (humbucker) guitar.
Here's the cab settings:
This was my first attemp to get a tight sound i like from the Ampero. It is a long work by ear so not much to explain other than this:
This is like a third filter, to make basses tighter and tame the trebles. Good for the riffs, not so good for the solos: it as some fizz in the high freq i dont like. I think it is the cab itself. For the leads i think you will be served better with a V30 cab.
The next ingredient is not crucial, but it just add something (taken from the orginal receipe):
Then delay to "double" your guitar:
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