Riff Tone
The Unforgiven
Metallica
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Studio recording, 1991, The Black Album sessions. Clean riff sections tracked with James Hetfield's ESP Explorer with EMG 81 pickups into a Roland JC-120 for the signature clean tone. No evidence of acoustic or Telecaster for the main clean riff; those are used for intros or other songs/parts.
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Notes
Studio recording, 1991, The Black Album sessions. Clean riff sections tracked with James Hetfield's ESP Explorer with EMG 81 pickups into a Roland JC-120 for the signature clean tone. No evidence of acoustic or Telecaster for the main clean riff; those are used for intros or other songs/parts.