It Really Shocked Me Just To Hear

Ampeg Made Incredible Guitar Heads In The Early Nineties And Then Stopped. And I Don't Know Why. The One We Used Had A Nice Clean, Warm Sound, And It Blended Well With The Other Amps That Were In The Studio.

Metallica Is Like The Phoenix Rising From The Ashes. We Set Everything On Fire, And This Is What Has Risen From It - St. Anger Being The Fire And Death Magnetic Being The Phoenix.

For The 'load' Album, I Was Experimenting So Much With Tone That I Had To Keep Journals On What Equipment I Was Using. For 'hero Of The Day', I Know I Used A 1958 Les Paul Standard With A Matchless Chieftain, Some Boogie Amps And A Vox Amp - Again, They're All Blended.

If A Guitar Is Too Easy For Me To Play, It Makes Me Too Laid Back. I Like To Battle With My Guitar.

My Guitars Are My Umbilical Cord. They're Directly Wired Into My Head.