Hetfield and Mark IV question

[EOengineer]

EMGs are not bass heavy pickups, especially EMG81s. On the contrary, 81s actually have a ton of upper midrange and treble.

The "bottom heavy" tone that everyone loves on that album actually comes from the bass guitar tone, as well as the fact that there are portions of that track (Sad But True) that were played through an 18inch woofer and then buried in the mix.

When it comes to overdrive tones, bass is not something you want feeding into your gain stages.

 

[Boogiebabies]

EMGs are not bass heavy pickups, especially EMG81s. On the contrary, 81s actually have a ton of upper midrange and treble.

The "bottom heavy" tone that everyone loves on that album actually comes from the bass guitar tone, as well as the fact that there are portions of that track (Sad But True) that were played through an 18inch woofer and then buried in the mix.

When it comes to overdrive tones, bass is not something you want feeding into your gain stages.

What bass guitar tone ? I thought Newsted was just a stand in for concerts. 8)

 

[Elpelotero]

Sad But True was most likely recorded with a MarkIIC+ and a Marshall jcm800 on the side. Then blend the tracks.

The Mark4 was around then, but I don't know how much action it really got. If anything, Kirk probably tried it for a few solos or something. Or it got layered along with other amps.

Don't trust that website 100%. This should be your guide: http://www.montyjay.com/metgearmain.html

 

[Elpelotero]

I agree, the IV is a bit more compressed or whatever you want to call it. The earlier Marks are more open sounding.

 

[lesterpaul]

'Mixonline.com's interview with Joe Barresi and Bob Ludwig discuss Adams equipment and setup for the 10,000 Days album with great detail. When discussing the amps, Barresi mentions Adam's famous Marshall and Diezel, "a Mesa Boogie", a Bogner Uberschall, a Rivera Knucklehead Reverb, and "several others". In a Guitarworld magazine interview Adam also mentions an unspecified Peavey amp, which is probably one of the "several others" that Barresi mentions. As far as cabinets go, Barresi says that Mesa/Boogie cabinets were mostly used because of the better low end response. The Marshall ran through its Marshall cabinet and the Rivera ran through a Rivera cabinet. Barresi goes on to describe signal chain for tracking. He says that Adam would play through certain effects and then send the signal to a splitter. The sound would then go into three to five amps. The Marshall and Diezel would each get their own track, and a third track would be a mix of the other amps (usually the Bogner and Rivera). Each cabinet would have at least two to three mics on them. Rivera Amps also claims on its web page that he is using a Rivera Knucklehead Rev Mick Thompson model on the recording.'

-this kind of sums up "10,000 Days"-the Peavey in question is BAressi's "Mississippi MArshall"...i LIKE TO SEE WHAT THESE CHAPS ARE PACKING LIVE-Jones was packing the Diezels,the MArshall, and a rectifier..all thru boogie cabs..it was huge and deafening at the Verizon venue...(just ask Phyrexia)

 

[Herbie the Rad Dorklift]

Well for MoP they used IIC+s slaved into Marshalls. JCM800s I believe.