No. 0461984·thrash-metal·3 blocks
Fade to Black
Fade to Black begins with one of metal's most beautiful clean arpeggios before building to a wah-drenched lead solo. Hammett's ESP through a Mesa Boogie with a Cry Baby wah creates two distinct tones: the clean intro uses the neck pickup through a clean channel for crystalline arpeggios, while the solo engages the lead channel with a wah for Hammett's signature vocal phrasing.
Ride the LightningSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
ESP KH (custom)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Teardrop 310
Cali 2C+ Lead
4x12 XXL V30
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
2dB
Teardrop 310
← Dunlop Cry Baby
Heel
0.3
Toe
1
Mix
100
Level
0
Cali 2C+ Lead
← Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (lead channel)
Drive
7
Bass
4
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 XXL V30
← Mesa 4x12 V30
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate
LowCut130Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
18
Decay
1.4s
Level
0
PreDelay
30ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.5
Damping
4500
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 046
Fade to Black begins with one of metal's most beautiful clean arpeggios before building to a wah-drenched lead solo. Hammett's ESP through a Mesa Boogie with a Cry Baby wah creates two distinct tones: the clean intro uses the neck pickup through a clean channel for crystalline arpeggios, while the solo engages the lead channel with a wah for Hammett's signature vocal phrasing.
— Kirk Hammett
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