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Distorted Tone
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA – Mar. 10th, 1985)
Metallica
Bassmetal1980s
Original Gear
BassAria Pro II SB-1000
AmpMesa Boogie D-180 (two heads, one clean, one for effects/distortion)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass5.5
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Notes
Live, Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, March 10, 1985. Cliff used the Aria SB-1000 for this era/tour, with Mesa D-180 heads into Mesa 4x12 and 1x15 cabs.
Tone Character(9)
fuzzy upper-midswah-filtered sweepaggressive, saturated distortiongrowling sustaincutting attackrich harmonic contentslightly scooped low-midsprominent high-end sizzlethick, compressed body
Difficulty
The part requires accurate fingerstyle technique, expressive wah pedal use, and control over a saturated fuzz tone to maintain note definition and articulation.
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Original Gear
BassAria Pro II SB-1000
AmpMesa Boogie D-180 (two heads, one clean, one for effects/distortion)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass5.5
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Notes
Live, Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, March 10, 1985. Cliff used the Aria SB-1000 for this era/tour, with Mesa D-180 heads into Mesa 4x12 and 1x15 cabs.
Tone Character(9)
fuzzy upper-midswah-filtered sweepaggressive, saturated distortiongrowling sustaincutting attackrich harmonic contentslightly scooped low-midsprominent high-end sizzlethick, compressed body
Difficulty
The part requires accurate fingerstyle technique, expressive wah pedal use, and control over a saturated fuzz tone to maintain note definition and articulation.