METALLICA BLACK ALBUM GUITAR TONE

[@OlaEnglund]

Black Album Guitar Tone! Lets go! Get the IR pack from olaenglundshop.com/collections/audioworks

[@FelipeEler]

The tone is amazing!!!

[@EasyHeat]

Nailed it Ola! Yayawheeeahaw! I actually saw them live on their tour for this album in '92. I was a sophomore in high school. Sheeeeeeeiiit I'm freakin' old AF! LMAO!!

[@jasonday8334]

Sounds just like the album

[@travisgularte4792]

Dope 😎🤘🏻

[@tim_cilento]

On the episode of Tone-Talk Bob Rock was on he was asked about the tone from the black album and said this: The mics he used were an SM57 and a 421, along with a room mic (an 87 if I remember correctly) The amps used were a Mark, and Bob's Jose modded Marshall, which was slightly different from most if not all other Jose modded Marshall's. He doesn't mention slaving the Mark into the Marshall like they did for Master or Justice. He doesn't mention what cabs were used, but you can clearly see in the documentary that they used mainly Marshall cabs. I can't remember if it was on Tone-Talk or the Andrew Scheps podcast that Bob said that he has used the 70 watt Vintage 30's from the 80's on almost every single thing he's ever recorded. One interesting thing is Bob said that James used a Mark III, not a IIC+ or IIC++. Maybe he meant a Mark IV

[@cleverdodo5573]

Say what you will about the album and what it meant for them as a "metal" band. But the tone has always been monstrous

[@ippotsk]

especially considering what they had been working with in AJFA. I love the AJFA tones, but it kinda grinds away at my ears if I try to listen to the whole album in one sitting lol.

[@Ottophil]

@@ippotsk justice is my favorite bass tone. I wish more bands would adopt this mix mentality and mute the bass

[@michaeldean7220]

@@ippotsk this big time. Thank God the quality of the songs.

[@SleepscapeSerenity]

Bob Rock is to thank for that

[@michaeldean7220]

@@SleepscapeSerenity true. But paradoxically this is the man who gave us St Anger and may have said ' love that snare sound Lars " :(

[@VapnFagan]

Still to this day, The Sad But True riff is so badass!!!!!

[@scorpyto]

sad but true

[@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious]

That's sad but false!

[@Nizzon.]

Entire album is still badass.

[@ashamael]

It's the riff that, to me, encapsulates Heavy fucking Metal! 🤘🤘

[@jamesramon5126]

The god that failed is easily better in my opinion lol

[@MFKitten]

Fun fact: in the main riff of this song, James overdubbed a downtuned baritone guitar tuned an octave below the main guitars, playing the open notes and the chugs.

[@OlaEnglund]

A Danelectro!

[@luksonluke5911]

Its in the documentary from the recordingprocess. Maybe another video worth 😉

[@MFKitten]

@@OlaEnglund you reckon they used a gate, or did they just cut around the inevitable noise from those lipstick pickups?

[@Ottophil]

@@MFKitten a gate is just automating the process. If jimmy het didnt use a gate bob rock sure did

[@johncarter1852]

Fun Fact: Metallica was suing the shit out of their fans for something akin to tape trading after the release of this album. Side note they have not recovered musically ever since.

[@roadfordays]

You realize how special of a right hand Hetfield has when you hear another objectively excellent guitarist like Ola try to replicate his feel, and it comes out sounding instantly and obviously different. I'm not even a major Metallica fan, but Hetfield is certainly a special player.

[@BoozyBeggar]

I remember in some guitar general thread on /mu/ some anon asked "how can I learn to downstroke better and faster and don't say "Master of Puppets"". Obviously, every other anon who replied said "Master of Puppets". Some also made metaphors like "What's the best way to learn how to have sex and don't say by having sex", something like that.

[@randymiles904]

Hetfield is a freak, with that heavy handed, down picking. There is nothing easy about that. I've been playing for 25+ years, and I still can't keep up with James, with that down picking. That and mustaines spider chords blow my mind. 😆

[@stefanokrivtzoff1593]

Yeah him and Scott Ian are one of a kind players

[@WearyKirin]

I think it's probably more to do with the fact that basically every song on the album is like octuple tracked with multiple amps

[@vexomnight3079]

@@stefanokrivtzoff1593 Scott is a rhythm monster. A Skeleton in the Closet will fuck you up lol

[@drewinman7171]

Note. The only songs that were down tuned are "Sad but True" and "The God that Failed". The rest are standard E. They changed to using Half Step as their primary tuning on the tail end of the tour (around 94). "The Thing that Should Not Be" was the first down-tuned song they released.

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

Exactly. C'mon Ola, you need to do your homework next time you want to make a video about Metallica! 😁

[@mattjns]

@@Cthulhu_Awaken He never said the entire album was down tuned. Just his guitar. 👍🏼

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

@@mattjns He was even more vague. He said: "they started downtuning their guitars...". I guess he wasn't meaning to imply what one might think, though.

[@mattjns]

@@Cthulhu_Awaken Yeah I think he forgot about The Thing That Should Not Be 5 years earlier. 😂👍🏼

[@bigmike9527]

Agreed

[@MrDextarrr]

My favorite part of the video was, when Ola was trying to get the EQ Pedal stand correctly. Love you for not cutting this out!

[@lasersauceretroarchives6544]

cringe ola at it again..

[@BigMuff75]

😀

[@beaud4474]

Like peter griffin trying to pick up the dead frog.

[@nickfoster9350]

Sonically, The Black Album, in my opinion, is one the best albums ever made. Every instrument crushes.

[@shredd5705]

It's a combination of things, they complement each other perfectly in the mix. Thanks to Bob Rock, more than Metallica

[@kuhr-sino1555]

Agreed, best metal production ever. If justice was re-recorded using the black album tones and level of polisihing, it would be Thrash Metal 2

[@davidmarles9409]

Except the bass tone could have been better on some songs. The rest is gold!

[@ironspike171]

As a Metallica fan i totally enjoy what you did here. Especially when Metallica content is rather rare on your channel and Louise is the Metallica fan of the two of you… Thank you Ola, my favorite Pantera fan😂

[@jasonstallworth]

Dude, my favorite from that one is 'My Friend of Misery.' And Kirk does a lot of eerie-sounding lead work, not just with the solos but all of those added sounds that you hear throughout the album if you listen closely! And awesome job on the tone, Ola!

[@p4fizzle]

Killer bass lines in that track too!!!

[@joshuagibson2520]

Misery is their most under rated song. Period.

[@HCkev]

I always thought the black album was the best sounding Metallica album in terms of tone, mix, mastering, etc. Many people may not like the more "mainstream" songwriting of this album, but they did a freaking great job recording it

[@kingpriapatius5832]

ADA was used for the distorted tone.

[@User-jk8wq]

Bob Rock and Randy Staub were an absolute production dream team in the early 90s

[@poindextertunes]

i mean it cost them 1mil bux and they spent 9months recording it I would hope it sounds good 😂 pretty sure a couple of them got divorced as well haha

[@LintBisquick]

The Rock Effect!

[@FartKnocker123]

I would go as far to say it’s one of the best in that aspect of recording, mixing and mastering

[@luca4352]

There is a Tone-Talk episode with bob rock about the black album and how he recorded the tones, you should definitely check it out!

[@kingpriapatius5832]

ADA was used for the distorted tone.

[@mikew9788]

Love tone talk

[@ianbakermusic]

Black Album guitar tones were sick...however...in my opinion...Load and Reload have some of THE BEST recorded guitar tones of all time. You can feel the guitars...almost like you're sitting right in front of the cabs...feeling the vibrations of the speakers and the strings. It also helps that the mixes are fantastic...and the bass is actually sitting better in the mix.

[@Justice_Hammer]

Agreed. Black album gets all the “production” love, but Load sounds as good if not better in terms of how well it was recorded.

[@xrt7874]

If you like the alternative rock guitar tones on Load and Reload, then you have never listened to RTL, MOP and AJFA.

[@RtroyD]

No way

[@luciferdzhugashvili]

I HATE the production on Load lol!

[@Igornopolis]

Yes. Ive come to adore Load album over the years. Minus couple of songs. When I think about what I thought of it as a young lad when it first came out... ouch. Tones and songs are indeed majestic.

[@crushedoremusic]

Thanks Ola! Your work is appreciated! Would love to hear a Slayer tone from Seasons in the Abyss maybe?

[@ThatMFShawnzy]

Idc what anyone says, the black album is absolutely iconic and its a great album from start to finish.

[@y9y-f9q]

it's literally one of the best selling albums of all time, I don't think that's a controversial opinion my guy

[@ThatMFShawnzy]

@@y9y-f9q for Metallica die hards it is

[@jmabs5096]

Ooohh boy 6am just starting my workday and I see Ola+Metallica black album tone?! Gona be a good day!

[@LeroyJenkins-fq2ko]

That Trespass riff has to be one of the greatest riffs ever written. God damn that sounds good!

[@BrunoMezenga2408]

Which one?

[@limonawer]

HELLYEAHH!!!!

[@stephenjeffrey1982]

Black Album tone playing Haunted riffs, especially Trespass and the chorus of Preachers of Death. Awesome. Then you go and play my favourite riff of the Haunted ever (The Flood)

[@laurentgarcia8240]

Love this Trespass riff ! Fuck@#€ amazing !

[@sleepinthemorningcalm]

Sounds great. I think a big part of the sound is how the bass blends with the guitar tone as well.

[@lind3223]

Since there are two Metallica tone videos now, a third one for the Justice tone would be awesome!

[@JMPK23]

I love that album so damn much. It opened my eyes to the world of metal. I started out with listen to AC/DC, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Motley Crue and lots of other rock and hairs bands. Metallica was the band that brought me into the world of metal. I'm more into metalcore now but I always go back and listen to the black album. It never gets old.

[@mikeg.9238]

That's cool it was your introduction to metal , but that was also when Metallica's catalog turned to shit after that. I got to see them on the Kill Em All tour in the early 80's at a small club , i was literally 10 feet from the band. That tour also had W.A.S.P and Armored Saint opening for them , we paid $10 at the door. Talk about a sick show and introduction to thrash!🤘🔥

[@irrsinnrainer]

The effort that went into The Black Album is absolutely ridiculous but as a gear nerd it's equally fascinating. As a bass player I was always curious how they achieved that massive but not overpowering bass tone on the black album and Jason Newsted said in an Interview that they had several rigs going for different purposes (low end, grit, etc.). It's completely bonkers but I think the fact that this album is 30 years old and still can hold up when it comes to sound speaks for itself. I think you are very close to the guitar tone here. Good job!

[@Slyness64209]

What about a video recreating a Crowbar tone? These guys have monstruous tones to go with their monstruous riffs!

[@peaner083]

Fuck yes!!!

[@peaner083]

Do it Ola,do it....do it

[@littledittymusic727]

I like Kirk’s (Windstein) older tone more. It was murderous.

[@brettwalker4915]

That would be sweet! Kirk is one of my favorite musicians.

[@David-yp9ou]

Fucking yes! Absolute sludge titans!

[@pantera31169311]

Megadeth''s Countdown to Extinction production and guitar tone was incredible. I'd love to see a Countdown guitar tone breakdown video!

[@alenlenia]

Absolutly

[@jackko21]

Personally my favorite megadeth tone is peace sells love the guitar tones it was a some marshall boosted by the tom sholtz rockman x100 headphone amp the same thing def leppard used on hysteria

[@thomasfischer9259]

bUt wHAt aBOUT megadeTH! (always one of these in Metllica videos)

[@garyelechicon8509]

Yes sir! It's the black album counterpart for megadeth.

[@spectre3492]

Definitely

[@martincingolani5402]

Holy Moly, that little thing starting at ca. 9:05 was so cool!

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

Damn, Ola just doesn't miss. This was amazing.

[@Jeroen_K]

Yes. From the first note I'm like: Yup.

[@troopin]

fanbois... sounds like a mushy fizzy mess

[@nckhed]

@@troopin Tone is just subjective. Some will love it, some won't. I don't think it's exactly like the Black Album, but very close.

[@Jeroen_K]

@@troopin let’s hear your version then! 😉 Be assured there’s some extra studio tech and probably extra double parts on the studio version. It’s never going to sound identical, but to me it came quite close.

[@lovemetal2467]

Bright! Heavy! Crunchy! And Clear! Perfectly done Ola!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@carlodevivomusicontent2138]

Hi Ola, just purchased your Metallic Black IR's, tried them out and blew my mind. FANTASTIC tone , you really made my day. Thanks a lot

[@resington]

Through the never. A riff treat!

[@GatoPaint]

It Reminded me to the tone Nickelback used on their song "because of you" , very sick tone!

[@WarmachineCAN]

Would love to see you do a Megadeth guitar tone video! "Youthanasia" or "Countdown To Extinction" would be awesome!!

[@matiaslescano4164]

Specially the countdown guitar tone.... One of a kind!!!

[@wakjob961]

@@matiaslescano4164 Rocktron Prophesy mostly, mixed with his favorite '71 Marshall is what I've read.

[@bflytillyoudie]

same

[@iknownothing-m8c]

Was questioning if the intro was playback of the actual song. That's impressive! 🤘

[@ivenstein]

Great job Ola 👏 The old Fear Factory tone would be the thing. More metal is not possible!

[@hetjamesfield4473]

WoW! Ola playing riffs has really inspired me to sell my guitars. Now i feel like i can not even play the radio. Thank You Ola...

The riffs at 7:03 so brutal...wow

[@honzamachacek2754]

Yeah i like that too, is that from some song ?? thanks

@@honzamachacek2754 I don't have ideia...😁

[@honzamachacek2754]

Oh ok

[@ResubidorSerial]

I think is "Unholy Confesions" by Avenged Sevenfold

[@B31L]

@@ResubidorSerial no its not

[@redearthpaul178]

Great video! Im actually old enough to remember the black album being released - theres wasn't a huge backlash. Times had changed, 'cowboys from hell' came out the year before and 'vulgar..' 6 months after. No one wanted 'justice part 2' metal had changed.

[@bobilly]

To my ears the guitars are way less scooped on the album. Bob Rock was all about bringing in the complex midrange to the whole mix while still being chunky. Where it was scooped was more precise and less of a huge smiley face.

[@comand0Metalero1]

Yep, as a Metallica nerd this tone is not that close to be honest. It's good, but not quite there. The whole setup was quite complex with all the outboard gear they used

[@bobilly]

@@comand0Metalero1 it sounded reasonably close without the fx loop MXR EQ, I thought. But the recording techniques can make all the difference.

[@Syklonus]

@@comand0Metalero1 It was in the ballpark, but too harsh on the high end for me. The album tone has a smooth blend with the bass and not so much presence & treble.

[@jsullivan2112]

@@Syklonus That’s called mastering.

[@Patrick-857]

Yeah Bob Rock filled out the mids with a Marshall.

[@KeithH02]

Jesus wept Ola, that’s close ! Best I’ve ever heard. You’ll never get it identical without multiple layered tracks and a million bucks spent in a studio, but that’s as good as damn it ! Awesome channel my friend - informative and entertaining. I love how you don’t get snobby or elitist either , many channels look down on beginners

[@johnp82]

I don't think you need a million bucks.

[@vidmohit4684]

I don't care what anyone says the black album is a masterpiece. Their tone is legendary on this album.. you nailed it too 👏

[@birdsteak9267]

The snare on that Album is absolutely beast.

@@birdsteak9267 legit The snare sounds like a slap, but a slap i do enjoy compared to the frying pan in st.anger lol

[@birdsteak9267]

@ If Lars had two sets of Snare on that Album, using the Pan for certain parts and not all songs, it could have had some dynamic to it, because it sounds good in some parts but overstays it's welcome fast... Even Slipknot that literally used a Trash Can didn't overuse it. Could have made it a Snare with a kick pedal. All ideas can work, but usually a good idea to use it sparingly

[@chucknguyen5531]

It should be noted that you have to consider what microphones were used and their placement in the studio along with any EQ and Mic preamps of the mixing console as well. That's the sound on the album.

[@dpark551]

Dang, that tone is near identical. Great work Ola!

[@kennhern]

And all you have to do is match the pickups and amp/cabinet lol

[@biohazard8295]

@@kennhern lol that's like 3plus k dollars

[@kennhern]

@@biohazard8295 you don't have to do it exactly, and there are budget options. You just have to match it. Get the same EMG pups, Mesa Mark emulation to 6L6 tubes into a Mesa cab

[@llw4451]

You're a beast. Really dig all your videos. I know this will probably be the only request for this album tone, but I absolutely love the guitar tone from Overkill - I Hear Black. C'mon Ola, think about it.

[@ab.8510]

Im shocked at the fact that you played Enter Sandman riff incorrectly...

[@brokenlevelmusic]

Rad video Ola, as usual🙏🤘

[@jotunblod]

A Metallica video that ends with a Dimebag riff. Perfectly sums up that era. Pantera took over at that point in time and Metallica was never the same.

[@healthywealthy4620]

And today, metallica is still killing it and pantera was never the same lol chill, love em both, gonna go see lamb of god and the new version of Pantera in August 🤘

[@davidmurray6176]

​@@healthywealthy4620I saw the same show and L.O.G. we're way better than that coverband Pantera.

[@healthywealthy4620]

@davidmurray6176 hell na lol I saw lamb of god back in 2006 which was brutal, but they played mostly new songs this time, didn't even play 11th hour, only like 1 song from as the palaces burn.

[@MadAlhazred]

@@davidmurray6176 I'd rather hear Pantera with no original members than land of knobs.

[@mopnem]

Ops prob a phil fan over Dime lmao..Tallica "never the same" is some casual shit to say.

[@supergoat94]

When I was a kid, this was the album that introduced me to the world of metal. Before that I mainly listened to pop music and whatever my mom was into. This album changed that.

[@Whydyoucare]

Your content is super high level, even when you’re joking or mocking… thanks!

[@luistheapple926]

I’ve seen this guy before a really long time ago but I’ve recently just started watching his videos and ima just say I’m not disappointed

[@Heisenhuegel]

Hey Ola, great tone video! love the format! Always find it interesting with the Metallica album sound that EMG pickups are used, which amplify the mids a lot and then take out all the mids in the settings... the Marshall probably compensates for that a bit, but it's still difficult for me to understand xD

[@clicheguevara9917]

same with dimebag. boost first what you need to cut later

[@Heisenhuegel]

@@clicheguevara9917 But Dimebag didn't use an active humbucker, did it? And the dimebuckers are also very scooped in them. What is it that pushes the sound in advance?

[@liorlivyatan]

I have been waiting for such a video for a long time! Please do more Metallica like this! :) Maybe with your Dual Rectifier!

[@greham]

ADA MP1 was surely definitively for rythm or leads. The distortion in this thing, with all the existing mods, is GLORIOUS.

[@Jez3134]

I've always tried to figure out what role the MP1 played in their rig back then. I think you can definitely hear it in some of the lead playing on the album, but I'm still not sure what James was doing with it.

[@TheDarthsteve316]

Yeah, had to be just for layers or overdubs/textures. James has talked a lot about how the Black Album was exclusively the JC120 for cleans.

[@greham]

@@Jez3134 I think people overestimated the bands in studio when it comes to fiddling for the sound. More often than not, the engineers will propose some changes, amps etc, after a lot of trial and error, and it's likely that the band simply can't remember or simply never really knew what has been used. A studio when it comes to track guitars is really messy. Best modern example is Kurt Ballou. Many unknown and modded amp, a gazillion pedals laying around. Always get a killer sound on albums, but track after track, no one can follow up what's going on.

[@Justice_Hammer]

The MP1 was in Kirks rack so was mainly for leads

[@yungvirticus]

The HD overhaul on the videos is awesome!

[@BigMuff75]

Quick remark: out of the 12 Songs on the record, only 2 are not in E standard. This one (D) and The God That Failed (Eb).

[@xserienchiller86]

I purchased it right now and I'm really happy, it's awesome (and I'm german.. we use to say "it's not bad" when something is really, really great) thanks Ola

[@grumpyrocker]

If you watch the Year and a Half In The Life of Metallica documentary they show building a big tent of foam around the speaker cab in the studio. Isn't Sad But True the only song in D, the rest being in E?

[@wowquestionmark]

I thought they only did that for the bass since the strings getting plucked was being picked up by the mics

[@leosun8469]

James’ “Tent Of Doom”…🤘🏻

[@francescobarbaro7114]

The God That Failed is in Eb

[@skumpi74]

Bob Rock has gone on the record talking about how the structure of the room mattered a lot, including building wooden boxes and constantly moving mics. And yes the layering was crucial. James said they added a separate rhythm track called "the thickener"

[@drabbster]

yep. that's it. no fuckin doubt about it. you ABSOLUTELY nailed it!

[@2confrontational]

Amazing tone from this rig Ola, you rule 🤘🤘🤘

[@robertodanielreynablasquez1737]

Big Fan OLA, pardon my ignorance but i have learned most of black album songs, and with confidence for the laste 10 or so years i can say they are in E standard tuning all in that said, your rig sounds amazing

[@fenixrizn8368]

Sad but true being the exception was D standard. Bob Rock wanted them to experiment more.

[@TheCadegoodspeed45]

The also tuned up to F standard on a couple songs.

[@jonroberts986]

@@TheCadegoodspeed45 …no.

[@markusmanner3338]

@@fenixrizn8368 Dont tread on me = Eb and The god that failed = Eb.. Sad but true = D standard. I also cut my chops to this album :)

[@Gromthorns]

i love the tone in that album , sounds so sick

[@jordanmyers7157]

Sounds soo damn good Ola!!! One of the most iconic tones ever

[@jakemertz2660]

Getting nice n scientific with it, I love it!! Sounds almost perfect for the tone, I dunno why it seems like it needs just a bit more size or room, maybe that's the multiple rigs you mentioned. But the core identity is there spot on, absolutely solid. Thanks for all the fun Ola :)

[@disco4535]

I'd love any Meshuggah album tone video, but Catch 33 is my favorite

[@smg20000]

sweet tone. well done Ola

[@matysasuke]

What song did u play on 9:00? It sound fucking brutal, nice video ola!!

[@simonwatson8391]

The Flood

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

*Opening up a video with* "Sad But True" *is what* Ola *makes a badass content creator.*

[@coryjackson8409]

Hey yo Ola!!!!! Man, I would love to see you do a demo and throw back to one of my favorite amps I own!!! The Ampeg VH-140C!! Made famous by so many early death metal bands. I know it’s a solid state amp and would probably turn the nose up and the purists but damn it’s a killer amp!! Cheers from the US!! Peace

[@AlexRamosDrTaz]

+1, work with this amp, Ola! I love the distortion from the VH-140C. You can tweak it for lower gains too but it shreds when the gain is cranked! Quite receptive to boosting with an overdrive as well.

[@coryjackson8409]

@@AlexRamosDrTaz I agree. This amp has fallen out of popularity over time but it is indeed a one of a kind legendary amp. I’m lucky enough to own one that I bought almost 30 years ago and I love it still!!!

[@randymiles904]

Damn! That black album tone works for everything. You had a really beefy sound. Nice video 🤘

[@KarlSaxell]

Cool! It’d be fab to re-record the black album with the ”..And justice for all”-sound on everything to see how it sounds Or maybe the ”ride the lightning”-sound.

[@Sticky_Tea]

The demo versions have a pretty justice-y sound

[@headbangerscorner1114]

YES ! great tone, great album, great OLA ! thanks for uploading ... Now I only need the hardware 🤘🤘

[@LucaMilierimusic]

Great content, everything is truly amazing, I just I hope you reconsider your choice to film at 60p. I really enjoy more the more cinematic 24p. Great job as always 🤘🤘🤘

[@artificalpirate333]

the scoop allows more room for the lead guitar and less conflict eq with a bass guitar,and mid ranged vocals possibly , i am just guessing :) rock on,your rock that sound also

[@elixirize]

what song is he playing at 7:03?

[@3amir126]

The Haunted - Trespass

[@elixirize]

@@3amir126 far out

[@SIGR23]

same question here

[@sinsobresaltospodcast]

It is not one of the best selling metal albums of all time... IT IS THE BEST selling metal album of all time and by far. Also the best selling album worldwide since its release in 1991. Metallica fucking rocks, screw the haters.

[@Hoscitt]

The slaving a Marshall thing is a myth, Fleming himself says so in the Puppetz book and in the forums. He says it may have been for a couple of solos, if that 👍

[@Justice_Hammer]

100%..... his exact quote was: “It is only on some solos we use the JCM 800 as poweramp. Most guitars are with the Boogie powerstage!” And as for the Marshall connection with the Black album tone, it’s a cab running a Jose modded Marshall blended along with the Mark IIC/IV action through the multiple mikes into the single track that is “the tone”, nothing to do with the power section.

[@craigkluber1482]

Thanks man awsome layout of black album tone.ROCK ON!!!

[@ultimatemetalguitartones]

Now get ready to see the already crazy 2C+ prices skyrocket ... I own an original 1984 C+ and yes it does sound phenomenal but so do the mark III and IV. Also, for the Master of Puppets rhythm stuff, no marshall amps were used. All 2C+

[@iLLuzion1st]

Id rather get a JP head. It’s cheaper new than a used 2C+ lol

[@Ottophil]

Imagine buying gear cause ola did one video about something lol.

[@iLLuzion1st]

@@Ottophil i imagine most consumers would watch other videos. Not everyone can try out specific gear at their local music store.

[@DomicidalCovers]

I read that Kirk used the ADA MP-1 for leads on boosted with a boss SD-1 for the AJFA album, I've actually tried this and made a Kemper profile for the Blackened cover I did, and can tell you it sounds pretty legit! Obviously we're talking different albums here, but I don't see why he would stop using the ADA for at least some leads, and just decide to use it for cleans, so I'm going to assume it was used to the black album aswell, I haven't tried it yet though, so can't confirm how close it sounds. Awesome vid though man👍

[@kaish8184]

Which kemper presets did you try?

[@jb_50w78]

No matter what, Ola always has to play a Pantera riff at some point 11:01

[@ChannelForty2]

Finally somebody got it right. Of course should have known it would be Ola "king of the tones" Englund

[@man0war9993]

The best. The greatest. The most masterful metal album ever created. As close to perfection in recording and writing and vocals in metal that has ever been captured. Of all time. In every single possible way. Compare every recording to this as this album is THE bar. I’m grateful that this album exists it shows what is/was possible and I wish more albums were pursued this way. I wish Metallica had pushed even farther after this in perfection. Either way, the best metal album ever. Period.

[@panagiotisexplorer213]

Ola always delivers quality content!

[@jorgearmandolopezarevalo7248]

Vaya, es realmente asombroso!!!! Podrías recrear el tono de una banda llamada Persefone, es realmente grandiosa!!! Saludos desde México!!!

[@blindmikeguard]

Great vid Ola! Still one of the greatest tones ever, and you nailed it!

[@sevarcher8890]

Awesome!!

[@j.j.gilpin3303]

What happened to that awesome DB Meter you used to rock on top of the amp? Can you bring it back so we can see how loud it is there, please ?

[@williamweiss6128]

Love those old Boogie amps. Friend of mine still has a combo from the 80's. Thing was LAF!!

[@Soprano_661]

I’ve got an early 90s mark IV put a tube screamer in front of that and it’s the best tone you’ll ever hear

[@Richard-cq4kv]

Will you please test to see if a Diezel Herbert MK3 driving a Zakk Wylde Signature Black Label loaded MESA OS recto Standard cabinet will Chugg, I'm not sure if it will, I have my doubts.

[@juergen_huansohn69]

Anyone who says this album is not metal doesn't know what they're talking about. I mean it's not thrash anymore, but it's still metal. AJFA was no thrash album aswell.

[@jazz.van66]

Through the never was one riff I didn't expect to hear, great video.

[@ericgregorash6590]

Anthrax Sound of white noise

[@endoffate5475]

Insane tone.. I tried playing around with black album Ir's before but the thing is, these tones were made to go with that insane drum and bass sound. They fit sooo well together. Its all about space. This tone kinda works for slower kinda heavy songs but on its own, just trying to play some fast riffy stuff with it, it wont really work.

[@M81_WOODLAND]

They should've recorded that whole album in D standard. So. Heavy.

[@Ochatach]

Trespass sounds amazing no matter what tone you come up with or use, LOVE that song so much

[@vedrancolak3890]

That's it at 9:00, when U reduce Bass levels You get that recording sound of the guitar. What I've noticed when I jam alone is that I dial in too much bass, that might be a good and thick sound in such occasion but once the bass player and drummer join my guitar sounds too murky in that mix. So I simply roll down bass to let crunchy treble out. Each instrument in a band has a dedicated soundsphere so covering bass frequencies with your guitar is not advisable. On the other hand You're tuned to D standard, good for Sad but true percussive chunk of a verse riff but Sandman and other songs sound too fat and bassy when played in D.

[@ericritter228]

When I still had a Mark V 35, I got close with my EP boost and my 1960B cabs that are loaded with Creamback Neos. Greenback Ms & Hs blended sounded good too.

[@arkadeepm]

James juiced out the heaviness of d standard tuning to the fullest!

[@davidcampbellii6342]

Awesome video Ola, thanks for sharing the content!

[@lostvayneofficial1393]

Damn!! been waiting for this for so long!!!

[@GunnarLoeb]

Are you reading my mind Ola? I was thinking about Metallica tone on their early albums this morning! Thanks!