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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
ESP KH (custom)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (clean and lead channels)
Mesa 4x12 Cabinet
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
wah
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (clean and lead channels)
preamp
Volume
5
Treble
6
Bass
4
Middle
5
Lead Drive
7
Lead Master
6
Presence
6
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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