Metallica Black Album

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Metallica Black Album

Instruments

Drums:

  • Gretsch ‘Stop Sign’ kit:
    • 2 x 24” bass drums
    • TAMA Bell Brass snare
    • 12”, 13”, 14”, 16” and 18” toms
  • Cymbals:
    • Sabian hi-hat
    • Zildjian crashes & china
  • Drum heads:       
    • Remo Powerstroke 3 (bass drum)
    • Remo Pinstripe (tom-toms)

Guitars:

  • James Hetfield:
    • Danelectro Jerry Jones: “Sad But True”
    • Danelectro Sitar: “Wherever I May Roam”
    • ESP MX-220
    • Fender Telecaster (cream /w B-Bender): “My Friend In Misery”
    • Gretsch White Falcon: “Nothing Else Matters” divebomb
  • Kirk Hammett:
    • Fender Stratocaster (black, white pickguard)
    • Fender Stratocaster (sunburst, 80s)
    • Gibson Les Paul (1989)
    • Gibson semi-hollow: Kirk Hammett

Guitar rig:

  • Mesa/Boogie heads /w Marshall cabinets
  • Trace Elliot preamps
  • Rack (Kirk Hammett):
    • Lexicon PCM-42  Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400 power amp
    • T.C. Electronic 2290
  • Boss Chorus
  • Boss Overdrive?

Bass guitars:

  • Alembic 20 Year Anniversary Bass
  • Alembic (black)
  • Fender Precision sunburst

Bass rig:

  • Ampeg SVT

Recording & studio equipment

Microphones:

  • Drums:
    • AKG C414 EB (x2 – ambience)
    • AKG C451: overheads (x6)
    • Neumann KM86: snare
    • Sennheiser MD409: rack tom-toms (top)
    • Sennheiser MD421: floor tom (top)
    • Shure SM7: hi-hat
    • Shure SM57: snare
  • Percussion:
    • AKG C414 B-ULS (x2)
  • Guitars:
    • AKG C414 B-ULS (acoustic)
    • Neumann KM86 (black, acoustic)
    • Telefunken 251 (acoustic)
    • Shure SM57 or Sennheiser MD421(?): Marshall cabinets
  • Vocals:
    • Neumann U47 FET - main
    • Neumann M49
    • Shure SM57

Tape recorders:

  • Studer A800 24-track
  • Sony PCM-3324 24-track

Outboard (partial list):

  • AMS DMX 15-80S digital delay/harmonizer/sampler
  • AMS RMX-16 digital reverb
  • Drawmer
  • Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer
  • Pultec MEQ-5 EQ
  • T.C. Electronic 2290
  • Teletronix LA2A compressors
  • UREI 1176LN peak limiters

Consoles:

  • Solid State Logic
  • Neve mini-console /w modules

Monitoring:

  • Auratone 5C
  • Yamaha NS-10

Sources

Metallica - A Year and a Half in the Life documentary

A Year and a Half in the Life (outtakes)

Classic Tracks: Metallica’s Enter Sandman

Music Radar

Photo from sessions

https://guitar.com/features/artist-rigs/the-gear-used-on-metallicas-black-album/

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