The METALLICA Rhythm Tone! Let's NAIL This!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Owww yeah! What do you think?

[@Sentinel95629]

This sounds like a generic, but quality tone for 90s+ heavy metal rhythm guitar. If I listened to this in a vacuum, I wouldn't have thought metallica, but I can admit it vaguely resembles the black album tone.

[@JohnReynolds1337]

Nailed it

[@Durkhead]

It's sounds awesome

[@szymonk7621]

You are missing in this tone James pick. White fang gives that unique scratch in sound. Please try it. Sound is better than on album. 😊

[@kinglord5163]

Depends but compared to metallica your tone has too much bass (is too fat) and also needs more highs.

[@jonathanross1033]

It’s official, I don’t chase album tones anymore, I chase Sonic Drive Studio tones. Absolutely incredible! This is the best video, adding in the views from the daw was greatly appreciated!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks very much!

[@JohnnyRaven69]

I love Metallica, but this sounds better than new Metallica album guitar sound. Also the riffs are awesome!

[@Clinthopanonymous]

Not too hard to sound better than their new album. Thats not a jab against SDS you're awesome.

[@JohnnyRaven69]

@@Clinthopanonymous Yeah. I mean, you are right. It's super modern, kinda midrangey, and no balls. Very little gain. But it's weird, because their live sound is really good. Just that album sound is bad. Lifeless and compressed. However, i still love Metallica, very, very much 😊❤

[@julianmedranoa]

I would add that he should try his clean tone too.

[@jayjaymerritt2785]

​@@JohnnyRaven69You say it has very little gain, but it sounds too "compressed"...you do realize gain is compression right? It's like saying their new sound has very little gain, but too much gain. If anything it's more "open" and dynamic and not as compressed because they backed the gain down a tad. It's still heavy AF though. Enough low end to chunk but not Flub, enough mids to cut but not honk, and enough treble to sizzle but not fizz. I would not let you anywhere near my amp to dial it in😂😂 My 14 year old self would probably agree with you, but diming the gain just flushes all the bark and dynamics,pick attack/ squashing your signal down the drain. I love their older saturated "scooped" sound...back in the 80s though..when I dimed my gain, and set my mids to zero with dimed bass and treble😂😂

[@JohnnyRaven69]

@@jayjaymerritt2785 Nobody cares, kid. And it's not "heavy af" Lmfao.

[@gianlucatixson25]

Damn!!! You really nailed it. I'd love to see you replicate the Load/ReLoad tone as it's really unique and thick and has been a question in my mind for years. Props to ya!

[@petaralargic]

This x 100000

[@AldoGomezOficial]

Mesa Rectifier + Marshall cab/IR

[@Progmium]

Please do a ToneX capture of this dual amp setup! I don’t think anyone can match your gorgeous guitar tone, no matter what gear you put your hands on. Everything is tuned to perfection. Amazing ear man!

[@matthewduncan9405]

Hell yeah! I’ve been waiting for the Diezal amp blend videos 🤤. Amazing. Love to see you tackle the Marshall/Diezal Adam Jones tones!

[@MartinEgl-v4v]

John you are the BEAST !!! Every your video is awesome for me... Sounds, music performing, technical things about amps and comparsions. Perfect work. Thank you a lot

[@LonelyRocker]

Great video!! Really enjoyed seeing under the hood into your post processing. I know a lot of your videos are done without processing but this shares a real world example. Very interesting and helpful!

[@Dustinchugs]

This sounds great dude! The het set actually sounded awesome in this context.

[@jvm30]

Thank you for this video! Been trying to get close to the 72S tone since it came out, and this video has definitely gotten me as close as I've come yet 🙌🏻

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

So you nailed the tone, but I like your tone/mix better than the album because its not scooped to death nor does it have Lars kick drum right in my face.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Haha thanks!

[@simonr344]

Lars: I want a 12db boost at 8k on the kick Engineer: What Lars: DID I STUTTER

[@jesuislm]

I like your final tone!! You should do the same with the digital versions and compare with the real amps, like a helix, axe fx, tone x vs rea amps, but I guess will sound awesome as always!

[@davemarriott9332]

Dammit Bro....That first track you did is SICK...Love it.!!

[@adamfigueroa1875]

Good morning John! The time has come where I feel compelled to leave a comment on one of your vids. Your content is top notch. Very articulate and easy to understand. But I don't come for only the hear reviews, but the killer riffs. Awesome, job.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks!

[@charlesrocks]

Yooooooo! Those riffs!!!!!! Papa Het would be proud!

[@fedrek01]

This mix sounds better than the original Metallica's.

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

Crazy how much studio gear has dropped in price but maintained quality

[@rmTheWalrus]

Yeah… it’s kind of a great time to be an amateur or semi-pro musician (not suggesting John here isn’t a pro, just saying in general, as an amateur musician 😊). “Good stuff” is just so much more accessible than even like 10 years ago…

[@maggoking5747]

Lol

[@Boxerdogs35643]

False

[@serenitybroken]

Totally, i mean, really totally spot on dude! Congrats! You are by far the most enjoyable thing on my youtube list. Thanks for your hard work putting in these videos! Pure joy! 🙏

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks a lot!

[@ammostockpile]

Sounds incredible!!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks!

[@masterofreality230]

I usually go for the 2C+ on my Mark V 25 when I am trying to get a thrash metal tone, I get that you are blending in this example though. That extreme mode is the most overlooked mode on the amp I believe. Keep practicing those Hetfield "Yea"'s lol

[@ginobambino5265]

You get this sickest tones man!

[@BecomingProductions]

Absolutely. Nailed. It!! Great job as always dude.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks!

[@vaughantennant6710]

God damn that VH2 sounds insane 😍

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Certainly!

[@Soloist1983]

Sounds pretty fantastic! Also, ideas for other reviews :) - ENGL Artist Edition - Myasnikov Preamps (maybe the IIC+ or Super Lead pre's)

[@SonicDriveStudio]

ENGL stuff coming soon!

[@Turbo-D]

the nothing but amazing mark 4 can also replicate that sound very well just by its own, so that can be an more affordable alternative if you like what you hear here👌

[@PoyoNyon]

Love the tone, i tried the diezel setting on a vh4-2 pedal and that was an amazing experience. Thank you for the video!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Those are great pedals! I should get one again... sold one some years ago

[@Nitrav.]

You nailed it Jon. Awesome video 🎉as always

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thank you!

[@zool84]

Latest Metallica tone nailed. Early one needs a completely new video for itself.

[@djolestefanovic]

Jon, huge effort and great tone! But, playing... That's the essence that makes all these great. Great control of the proper palm muting and timing. I would like to hear comparison of "chugging" techniques over those few high gain amps.

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

Absolutely skull crushing tone, you beautiful specimen!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Haha thanks!

[@drrodopszin]

I usually use MAutoAlign by Melda for quickly phase aligning the guitars. The new IR loader Cabinetron has a feature for auto phasing different IRs which is super useful.

[@billzade8158]

So ever since I ran across one a few years ago, I was really hoping someone would see just how close they could get to a Metallica drive tone using just a Mesa Boogie Stilletto. The Stilletto series was Mesa Boogie's take on a hot rodded Marshall JCM and has a unique tone of it's own. I've played it several times now, and I think you can get really close in to what they were doing in the 90's, and sounds absolutely amazing, but I haven't been able to do a direct comparison. If you get a chance, please give this a shot?

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

Whenever a channel with a lot of amps shows a wall of amps and be like "what's your choice?" and I'm like BLENDDDDDD!!!

[@muurimc]

Holymoly this sounds good and TIGHT

[@michaelgibson8585]

Any chance you can make the same tone on the Helix? Seriously loving this tone man

[@JoelCSabo]

I think you nailed some Hetfield rhythm playing and his modern tone in this one. You and Euge Valovirta have me wanting a VH2 but I'll settle for my VH4 preamp pedal into my little Marshall. Stay fun.

[@progrocker84]

I routinely blend a boosted Mark V (IIC+ mode with EQ bump at the high end) with a boosted Diezel Herbert. Sounds massive! An Orange Rockerverb 100 MkIII will be joining the duo next week -- I'm stoked!!

[@mvyper]

I have a Mark V and putting an EQ in the loop to scoop the sound a little more gives a really interesting sound.

[@mivani84]

Nice, hier had ik op gewacht 🤘

[@babtanian]

It sounds great! I'm enjoying 72 Seasons quite a bit and have done a couple jam-alongs on my channel. For my tone, I went direct in with my Mark VII on channel 2 with the Mark II setting, then blended that with a Mesa Dual Rectifier and a Diezel in Amplitube, which was a pretty sweet match.

[@JEREMIAHS_TARANTULAS]

It is my humble opinion that the Metallica tone cannot be captured unless you add kirks tone into the mix. Kirk plays alongside Hetfield for all rhythm except for the solos. You can hear that kirks guitar dominates the stage with rhythm and solos. The tone in this video is good I can’t lie, but for those who say it sounds better than 72 seasons tone your just kidding yourself. I’m a big fan of the channel so I’m not hating.

[@lawoftheriff7044]

Nice, as always dude. Papa Het would be proud. i guess..;) nice riff man!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks! :)

[@peevee605]

Sounds amazing.

[@SeanGoBoom]

Why'd you take down your review of the Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier you have linked in the description? I was hoping to watch it.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

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[@sdmfvan]

Is it possible to do captures of dual amp setups with something like Tonex? Your Hetfield dual amp preset for Helix is my go to sound for metal right now but this sounds killer!

[@AlexPolensky]

Sonically, the blended tone reminds me of Blind Guardian too! I think at least one of the guitarists uses a similar setup with active pups into a Mesa

[@greevar]

I don't care much for anything after the Black Album. They got increasingly more pop hard rock over the years.

[@_PuppetMaster86]

Go and listen to pop hard rock and then listen to their last two albums. You couldn't be more wrong.

[@Arthur1SD]

Try recording quadro. The first pair in Diezel, the second in Mesa. So there will be no phase cancelling. Diezel also goes well with other amplifiers: Bogner (Uberschall - Avenged Sevenfold tone or Ecstasy), Park (Three Days Grace tone), ENGL Powerball (great for massive 8 string)

[@ithebastardking2800]

Coole video! Je moet zeker eens de synergy stuff bekijken. Ik denk dat de syn1 een goeie toevoeging voor je studio/kanaal zou zijn. De IIcp module met een el34 power amp is 🔥

[@saltan7036]

Perfecto !=) Just copied settings to my TH-U plugin. Not 100% same but near ! Thank you !

[@anthonymontes44]

Sounds great dude!!!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Cheers!

[@phantasma669]

Man your tone is better than metallica's:P Maybe they should hire you for their next album

[@gerrydaly5409]

Fantastic tones

[@VCR86]

Great tones and riffs. Death Magnetic is a great album.

[@Jason_wpok25158]

Nice tones, but I would have used the Mark IV mode instead of the Extreme. The extreme has less gain and a ton of low end. You should be using the Diezel to give you the low end while the Mark V fills in the middle and higher notes. Just my opinion which isn't perfect.

[@Ibanezrgplayer00]

Sounds great af! but I dont think any tone amp combo would beat the garage inc. emg81 rectifer tone. ughhhh

[@Horsti2k]

Man that's close. Please do the Hetfield clean tone!

[@michaelgibson8585]

Seriously close tone man! Nice work per usual. What was the exact IR from the OwnHammer 412 RECT Essentials pack that you used?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

I don't recall precisely from memory... is it not shown in the video?

[@michaelgibson8585]

@@SonicDriveStudio kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpmtdXmorqx6q7M - says OH 412 RECT Hi Gain. Is that the exact name of it? And thank you for the quick replies!

[@serenitybroken]

@@michaelgibson8585 yes it's the exact name, it's on the core folder of the pack

[@michaelgibson8585]

@@serenitybroken thank you!

[@ianlahaye9476]

Absolutely monstrous, mijn vriend! Its amazing how well these amps play together. Tones from around the world into one chunky Thing that SHOULD be. The only way to be the Hero of the Day is to Fight Fire With Fire! Would you consider doing first or second era Met tones in the future? Youve got the Marshalls. OOOOH YEAHHHHHHH.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Ohhh yeah! Good idea ;)

[@MickDavies]

Are you able to share these on the ToneX cloud? Im getting mine in a few days after watching your video and Olas latest one sealed the deal.

[@Pea-g1q]

Any metal ultra distortion pedal +equaliser pedal for his heavy sound; and any chorus pedal for the clean sound -simples 🎉 And turn em way up til ya can't hear the bass 😆

[@basspartout]

Awesome!!!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yeah!

[@julianmedranoa]

Simply amazing as always, very accurate and I think better than JH tone lol. Would you try his clean tone too?

[@andybecker5001]

Awesome tone

[@IStabz]

sounded great!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks!

[@heavymetal9330]

Great 🤘

[@julianmedranoa]

You should try to replicate in a Fractal FM9 or FX3.

[@drrodopszin]

Luckily I've got decent emulations for these amps. Can't wait to try it out.

[@vozdetrovao2009]

Man!!! What a great fuck'in tone!!! Congrats!!!

[@DM-tn7je]

Bedroom guitarist here. What do you use for drums?

[@Arufured0]

Sweet tone!

[@jvm30]

Can you make a video for Metallicas Live Tone? I need it ❤

[@redeyeddogproductions4222]

You should try the black album hetfield tone, it's pretty damn difficult

[@metalpuppet5798]

Well...its impossible if you dont record 8 tracks on the left and 8 on the right like they apparently did for that album lol

[@redeyeddogproductions4222]

Your not wrong lol, you can get pretty close with a parametric eq. I'm working towards the black album tour hetfield tone

[@jayjaymerritt2785]

It isn't that difficult, I get 97% there with a mesa mk4 or my 2c++ , a preamp EQ, post, and parametric, and if I really need it, a tone match block from the isolated guitar tracks. Any Trad mesa 4x12 with an sm57 and 121 or 421 ribbon mic gets you close as hell. As far as quad tracking, I don't care, I'm a bedroom player. Once you hear that "plink plink chunk" in the palm mutes, you know your nearly there. If I REALLY want to nerd out, I'll run a JCM 800 in parallel with the mk4 with mids around 6, to counter the V scoop on my Mk4.

[@redeyeddogproductions4222]

With those amps you are guaranteed to get those tones, I have a mark V 90 watt head so the pots are a little different and the mkiic setting is a little subdued compared to the actual amp

[@Jason_wpok25158]

@@jayjaymerritt2785 I mixed my Mark IIc+ with my JCM 800 2204 and it was very close to the Black Album sound. I also subed the 800 for a Diezel Herbert and got a really BIG sound. This latest album supposedlly used the IIc++ along with a restored Jose modded Marshall. I'm sure there were many other amps used too.

[@techdeathhippie6319]

I like your 8 string riffs best

[@rnhtube]

Damn that shit sounds perfect

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Awesome, thanks!

[@ianbooth4010]

Tight as a dolphin’s butt 😂 Awesome sound 👊🤘

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Haha cheers

[@Ben_Horne]

Killer tone!!!!

[@marcojohnston334]

Very cool! Make a patch on axe fx 3 so i can roll with something similar lol

[@WishingWellStudio]

"yeaaah" 😂

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Couldn't help it... ;)

[@AlexisGitarre]

Unfortunately all the Metallica Amps were heavily modified. I had the chance to talk to one of a Mesa Boogie employees (he worked for them for 25 years). The only thing that was stock was the housing and front. inside there were many parts changed, some of the amps had twice the power of the normal sales units. Multiple transformers and so on. So if you think you just need to buy the stock amp... it doesn't work. It sounds close, yes. It sounds very close? Yes. But does it nail the original ones? Nope. So don't hate me for that, it's pure first hand information. Not everything is like companies claim it is. And by the way, I do own a Mark IV first generation (REV A) and a rare Diezel VH4S with the turquoise front panel and I'm more than happy with those two.

[@bradhill935]

awesum!

[@Boomheyyou]

Nice oh yeah

[@mivani84]

The most of us cant afford the amps you use. Do you recommend a pedal or pedals to get in the same flow? I use a platform amp d20?

[@simondaberooni6483]

nice tat bruv!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Cheers!

[@andyjm7122]

I think the Mesa on it's own sounded best. I read that the new album was mostly a blend of the Mesa mk2c+ and the modded Marshall.

[@Hoscitt]

Het's core sound on this album is a Marshall isn't it? There's an interview with Greg that says that

[@SonicDriveStudio]

The Boogie MKIIC++ is the core amp on all the songs. For the fast songs they blended in the Marshall, for the slower songs the Vh4

[@stormdami]

Het's live 72s sound comes now from Fractal (indeed it is said to be blended Mesa with Diezel) + Mesa Tri Axis + unknown stuff. There is youtube video showing it.

[@mickeybarajas4865]

Bad ass !

[@ozgurovec]

I want to see a one song, one amp video with this fcking diezel amp! 🤘

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Soon!

[@kursatkaya8158]

Wish Metallica had those riffs in 72 Seasons..

[@metallaholic]

ooooo. yea-eah. show meh-uh

[@AdamDallas]

I love these tones, and they DO sound better than Metallica's actual tone. I've been saying for years that Metallica's tone suffered for me when they went to EMGs. I know they've been using them for decades now, but it's just too crispy and hi-fi sounding on the high end.

[@jroobz]

You have a CD player?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

You don't?

[@marleighmerchant4264]

Are u tuned to standard? Or 1/2 step down

[@_PuppetMaster86]

1/2 step down, AKA Eb (E flat). Same tuning Metallica uses live, although they record in E standard.

[@serdar213]

Actually I love ADA MP1 Equipped Metallica rather than the tones starting from Death Magnetic.

[@matheusburger6322]

THICK!

[@jikkis]

I guess I'm just old school but I prefer the Mesa isolated.

[@techdeathhippie6319]

Dude your tone is better than the shit 72 seasons tone

[@SonicDriveStudio]

To each their own of course. I dig the new tones!

[@techdeathhippie6319]

@@SonicDriveStudio no balls . To smooth. No agression and I’m a huge fan . They need Greg to go . Greg hurt slayers sound too

[@TheSonic1685]

What's so incredibly and utterly sad about this video is the fact that I've achieved a tone about 10x heavier utilizing 1000$ worth of equipment, and this guy is probably using 5000$+ worth.

[@martincockburn6821]

Not bad.... Sounds good but doesn't have that Jose modded Marshall tone

[@SonicDriveStudio]

They used that on the faster songs. Slower songs are still VH4. I don't hear a big difference though

[@martincockburn6821]

@@SonicDriveStudio just a different kind of attack on the Metallica album. I'd be curious to hear the diezel with a Marshall... I reckon that would sound mint 🤘

[@heyjarrod]

It’s ‘Boogie.’ Like the boogie-woogie. Not ‘buugie.’ 😂

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Sounds a little thin and compressed… Close tho 👍

[@DM-rc4yu]

You did a good job of sort of matching the tone but I'm not a fan of the tone itself. It has nothing on either the classic Metallica tones or Load/Black album. Very generic sounding.