Riff Tone

All Within My Hands

Metallica

Guitarmetal2000s

Original Gear

GuitarESP MX-250 (Hetfield's custom Explorer-style, likely with EMG 81/60 pickups)

AmpMesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier Solo Head

PickupsEMG 81 (bridge), EMG 60 (neck) active humbuckers

Amp Settings

gain8.5

bass6

mid4

treble7

reverb0

presence6.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2002-2003 (St. Anger album). No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the original studio riff section. No pedalboard or effects chain confirmed for this song's studio rhythm tone.

Tone Character(9)

tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationchunky low endarticulate pick attackdry, unprocessed soundminimal ambiencemodern metal clarity

Difficulty

The riff requires tight, aggressive palm muting and precise alternate picking to achieve the signature Metallica chug, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or extreme speed.

Sources

James Hetfield's Guitar Gear, Amps & Pedalboard | Equipboard James Hetfield's tech shows you his 72 Seasons live rig - Guitar World

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