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Riff Tone
Enter Sandman (Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia, 09/28/91)
Metallica
Guitarmetal1990s
Original Gear
GuitarESP MX-220 (black finish, custom for Hetfield)
AmpMesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (live, 1991 era)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
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Notes
Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, 1991. Guitar and amp confirmed for Black Album era and live shows. Clean tone sections are rare in Metallica live sets, but the intro/verse clean part is played by Hetfield. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean part in this live performance.
Tone Character(10)
clean and glassytight and percussive attackbright but not harsharticulate single-note linesslight amp reverb for spaceno audible modulation effectshigh headroom from active pickupsclear note separationno breakup or crunchdynamic response to picking
Difficulty
The clean riff requires accurate picking and muting to maintain clarity, but is not technically demanding beyond timing and dynamics.
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Original Gear
GuitarESP MX-220 (black finish, custom for Hetfield)
AmpMesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (live, 1991 era)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
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Notes
Live at Tushino Airfield, Moscow, 1991. Guitar and amp confirmed for Black Album era and live shows. Clean tone sections are rare in Metallica live sets, but the intro/verse clean part is played by Hetfield. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean part in this live performance.
Tone Character(10)
clean and glassytight and percussive attackbright but not harsharticulate single-note linesslight amp reverb for spaceno audible modulation effectshigh headroom from active pickupsclear note separationno breakup or crunchdynamic response to picking
Difficulty
The clean riff requires accurate picking and muting to maintain clarity, but is not technically demanding beyond timing and dynamics.