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301 tones

  • Master Of Puppets

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    White Gibson Explorer (main rhythm reference; passive stock ceramic humbuckers during the 1985 sessions) + Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ used as preamp into a 100W Marshall power stage and 4x12 cabinets

    165

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  • Enter Sandman

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    ESP Explorer with EMG active humbuckers (Hetfield rhythm reference) + Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC++ core rhythm tone layered with additional Marshall/other amp and cabinet tracks

    58

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  • My Own Summer (Shove It)

    Deftones

    Guitar · Inferred

    ESP signature/Horizon-style six-string used by Stephen Carpenter in the Around the Fur era + ADA MP-1 preamp into Marshall 9200 power amp

    Riff / Rhythm

    56

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  • Sweet Child O' Mine

    Guns N' Roses

    Guitar · Inferred

    Kris Derrig handmade 1959 Les Paul replica + S.I.R. Stock #36, a Frank Levi-modified Marshall Super Lead used for the Appetite for Destruction electric guitar sound

    Lead / Solo

    48

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  • Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

    Van Halen

    Guitar · Inferred

    Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat-style guitar + Late-1960s Marshall 1959 Super Lead/Plexi-style 100W head, cranked

    Lead / Solo

    45

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  • Smells Like Teen Spirit

    Nirvana

    Guitar · Inferred

    Early-1990s Japanese Fender Stratocaster + Mesa/Boogie Studio preamp into Crown Power Base 2 and Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinets

    Riff / Rhythm

    45

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  • Hotel California

    Eagles

    Guitar · Inferred

    1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (Don Felder signature electric/solo reference) + Narrow-panel Fender Tweed Deluxe, cranked, with Felder's guitar straight into the amp

    40

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  • Creeping Death

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    Gibson Explorer / Hetfield rhythm guitar for the Ride the Lightning period + Marshall JCM800/JMP 2203 with Ibanez TS-9 boost into Marshall 1960B cabinets

    36

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  • Aerials

    System Of A Down

    Guitar · Best guess

    Ibanez Iceman / layered Daron Malakian guitar reference; exact Aerials tracking guitar is not remembered + Layered/rental high-gain studio rig; Malakian recalls that a Marshall was probably in the mix, but not the exact Aerials amp

    Riff / Rhythm

    29

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  • Floods

    Pantera

    Guitar · Inferred

    Washburn Dime signature/333-era guitar used during The Great Southern Trendkill period + Randall RG-100ES solid-state head with Furman PQ-3 and MXR six-band EQ shaping the front end

    Lead / Solo

    29

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  • Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

    John Mayer

    Guitar · Inferred

    John Mayer's original 1964 Fender Stratocaster for the bulk of the recording + Vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb for the bulk of the recording; Two-Rock overdubs and Dumble Steel String Singer + Marshall lead layers

    Riff / Rhythm

    28

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  • Come As You Are

    Nirvana

    Guitar · Best guess

    Kurt Cobain Nevermind-era offset/Strat guitar pool; exact Come As You Are studio guitar is not securely identified + Nevermind sessions used Mesa/Boogie, Fender Bassman and Vox AC30; exact Come As You Are clean amp is not definitively established

    Riff / Rhythm

    25

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  • One

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    ESP Explorer/EMG-equipped Hetfield rhythm reference; Kirk Hammett separately recalled using his ESP KH-1 for the One solo + Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+/C++-family high-gain architecture for heavy parts; clean/lead layers use additional gear

    21

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  • Everlong

    Foo Fighters

    Guitar · Inferred

    1970s Gibson RD Standard is the engineer-supported likely guitar for Dave Grohl's track + Fender Tone Master head into Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 4x12, layered with Pat Smear's separate guitar rig

    20

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  • November Rain

    Guns N' Roses

    Guitar · Inferred

    Gibson Les Paul Standard (Slash main studio solo reference) + Marshall 2555 Silver Jubilee head

    Lead / Solo

    19

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  • Seek & Destroy

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    Electra 2236 Flying Wedge / white Flying V-style guitar as Hetfield's early rhythm reference + Hot-rodded Marshall Super Lead/100W Marshall-family setup with pedal drive for the Kill 'Em All-era rhythm sound

    19

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  • Unholy Confessions

    Avenged Sevenfold

    Guitar · Best guess

    Gibson Les Paul Custom is visible in early Unholy Confessions-era footage/video, but the exact studio guitar is not securely documented + Exact studio amp not securely documented; Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier is a plausible early-era high-gain reference, while the better-documented Bogner Uberschall evidence belongs to later A7X eras

    Riff / Rhythm

    19

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  • Time

    Pink Floyd

    Guitar · Inferred

    David Gilmour's Black Strat for the signature lead reference + Hiwatt 100W heads into WEM cabinets

    Lead / Solo

    17

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  • Basket Case

    Green Day

    Guitar · Inferred

    Billie Joe Armstrong's Fernandes Stratocaster copy 'Blue' is the core Dookie-era guitar reference + Marshall 100W Super Lead 1959SLP 'Pete', modified by Martin Golub/Custom Audio Electronics; main Dookie crunch amp

    Lead / Solo

    16

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  • Fade To Black

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    Ride the Lightning-era Gibson Explorer/Flying V-family humbucker guitars; this seed targets the main distorted electric reference + Marshall JCM800/JMP 2203 with Ibanez TS-9 boost into Marshall 1960B cabinets

    Lead / Solo

    16

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