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Metallica's guitar rigs
Interesting that Metallica's amps are pretty much all modeled emulations now. Gone are the Marshalls. The speakers on stage are really just monitors. No mikes, no DIs, no cables, all wireless. Makes for a really clean look, but four guys kinda look like ants on such a wide stage.
Always interesting to see what pros choose when there are no financial constraints, and the only goal is ultra-high reliability.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/01 20:14:43
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they made their sound using mesa boogies.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/01 20:15:32
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/01 20:16:33
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/01 20:16:56
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point is,
live work, is different.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/01 22:05:49
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all that said,
that new live rig setup makes perfect sense.
now, that there is modeling available that is so close to the original,
they can model any rig they want, and send it straight to monitors and FOH and it will always be consistent.
even 10 years ago, they could not have put together a live rig like this.....
and a stage that big?
real amps aren't even an option.
the glory days of stacks of amps is.... not required.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/02 03:45:54
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bitflipper
Interesting that Metallica's amps are pretty much all modeled emulations now. Gone are the Marshalls. The speakers on stage are really just monitors. No mikes, no DIs, no cables, all wireless. Makes for a really clean look, but four guys kinda look like ants on such a wide stage.
Always interesting to see what pros choose when there are no financial constraints, and the only goal is ultra-high reliability.
Their live rigs have certainly changed. I watched this video a few days ago and was shocked to see the Axe Fx units. It all seems like overkill to me, but I guess if I had Hetfield money it wouldn't matter much. What got me was the Macbook Pro on top of the roadcase. That's the deal breaker for me. lol
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/02 13:02:38
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It makes sense to use amp sims.
If they're recording the performance, they can record the dry tracks and change the sounds to suit what they want to release. It's cheaper (less equipment trucks and crew to move from stadium to stadium). And it's faster - they can get the monitor mix from presets and not even need to soundcheck the stage (this just leaves the FOH guy to mix for the environmental differences in the stadiums). No maintenance on tube amps, no worries of tubes breaking or knobs slipping...
Other than appearance, I can't see why they WOULD want real amps anymore.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/03 14:32:51
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Back in the day, appearance was the main reason. From the walls of Marshalls that were on stage, only one or two would be used.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/03 23:28:32
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Really enjoyed that, thanks Dave.. But damn, now I have real bad Gas!
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/04 01:10:31
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Wow. Thank you for sharing that Dave.
Axe-FX certainly has changed a lot of things for live performers.
I've actually had the opportunity to play one live a couple of years ago, during a jam session. I'd played actual amps for the rest of the songs I was on but with one extra guitar player on stage for that one song, the tech hooked me up to the Axe FX. The minute the music started, I did not hear or feel a difference.
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/07 15:57:56
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I saw Fear Factory last year on a stage here in Oslo, that I have played on many times my self. They had two monitors in front of the singer, two overheads on the drums plus a hi hat mic and that was all the gear on the stage. Through the curtains on the right side of the stage four Kempers were blinking their little lights next to a huge rack with in-ear monitor transmitors, receivers and a drum trigger module. I have moved my share of amps and heavy stuff, tripped in more cables than I can count while on stage, FF's setup sure looked nice!
And I never knew that stage was so big...
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Re: Metallica's guitar rigs
2017/11/07 17:10:23
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180' stage eh? Well, if I had to be in Metallica, I suppose the ability to get 90' away from Lars Ulrich would be a bonus. 
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