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 · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
ESP KH (custom)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Cry Baby
USA MK IIC+
4x12 Recto V30
Plate
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
0.5
Level
2dB
Cry Baby
← Dunlop Cry Baby
USA MK IIC+
← Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+
Drive
7
Bass
4
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
MV
7
4x12 Recto V30
← Mesa 4x12 V30
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Plate
← Studio plate
Mix
0.2
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
30ms
Filter 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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