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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
ESP KH (custom)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Pedal Wah
Lead
Plate
Pedal Wah
← Dunlop Cry Baby
Lead
← Mesa Mark IIC+
Gain
7
Volume
7
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Plate
← Studio plate
Time
4ms
PreDelay
30ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
18
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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