Je crois vraiment qu'il y a un marshall sur le rack à hetfield comme sur le rack à hammet.
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I can't remember the cabs though. I think they were always Marshall 300watt 4x12 cabs up until 1990, in fact probably the whole time. Vintage30s were the main speakers in the cabs they used. But I think around the late 1980s-early 1990s they tried Electro Voice speakers and the Black Shadows too.
Kill 'em All
James: Pro Co RAT distortion pedal into the Jose modded Marshall Super Lead Plexi
Kirk: Boss DS-1 into James' Jose modded Marshal Plexi
Ride the Lightning
James: Ibanez (not sure which) Tube Screamer overdrive pedal into stock Marshall JMP, either late 70s or maybe early 80s model (basically the JCM 800 in the JMP chassis)
Kirk: (I think) the Boss DS-1 again, into a similar Marshall JMP head
Master of Puppets
James: Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC+ slaved into the Marshall JMP for more power, with external parametric equalisers in the effects loop and about a gazillion layered guitar tracks & mixing desk EQ. And old Ampeg amp was used for the clean tones.
Kirk: Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC+ also slaved into a Marshall JMP. I think he had two IIC+'s.
...And Justice For All
James: Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC+ slaved into Marshall JMP, AND a Mesa/Boogie Quad preamp into Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 poweramp, as well as a Mesa/Boogie Studio preamp into a Strategy 400 poweramp. He probably did the main rhythm track for each song with the IIC+, then the thickner layers and harmonies etc. with the Quad & Studio preamps. Again the parametric EQs were used for extra mid-sculpage. Yes I said sculpage. Clean tones were the Roland Jazz Chorus 120
Kirk: Ibanez Tube Screamer into A/DA MP-1 preamp into Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 poweramp. Also had A/DA equalisers.
Metallica (Black Album)
James: Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC+ slaved into Marshall head (again the JMP?), AND a Mesa/Boogie MarkIV for thickening, AND a straight-up Jose-modded Marshall Plexi (I think he got a second one done years after his first got stolen) into a Marshall cab- I think this amp was used in bits on some songs but not on others, I'm not sure. Some songs do have more of a slight Marshally flavour, I'd have to dissect them more to see. Also the Studio preamp was used into a Strategy 400 poweramp, probably for harmonies. The whole damn lot was run through four Marshall 4x12 cabinets stuck in the corner of the studio, close-mic'ed with eight microphones and ambient mic'ed with one microphone, then closed in with a big wall of foam and thick blankets to "keep the tightness". The microphones were faded in various amounts so they'd partially phase-cancel each other, as a way of emphasising certain frequencies and diminishing others, a very clever and advanced way to equalise, but of course also takes some mucking around. Clean tones were the Roland Jazz Chorus 120 but I think he layered the sound with an A/DA preamp that was processed with an Eventide courtesy of Bob Rock. There's more to that clean tone than just a straight-up Jazz Chorus, at times.
Kirk: A bi-amped signal. The lows and mids were amplified with a Bradshaw three channel preamp into VHT big-arse poweramp, and the highs through a pair of old Marshall Super Lead Plexi heads, one black, one purple- all through an array of Marshall cabinets spread throughout the studio. Microphones everywhere to capture the ambience, and everything turned right up. He also threw in a Mesa/Boogie MarkIV boosted with an Ibanez TS-9, maybe extra bits. There are photos of it from the tours.
Load & ReLoad
James: Two Mesa/Boogie TriAxis preamps into a Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 poweramp, one set for a Recto sound, the other his IIC+ sound. Also the ol' MarkIIC+ through the Marshall occasionally, at least it says so somewhere. The tent of doom used again, but lots of reverb added. He may have thrown in a Triple Rectifier as well- it definitely comes through in bits. I think the combination of all that can do similar to a CCV...
Kirk: Lots of old Marshalls (particularly with the synth stuff he did on the Roland VG-
, a lot of the Mesa/Boogie MarkIV, some quirky little amps like a Little Lanelei (sp?), and a straight-up Dual Rectifier for rhythms.
