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1999 5:43
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About NO LEAF CLOVER - REMAKE

Few Metallica tracks reward careful, unhurried study quite like "No Leaf Clover." The song opens with a clean, arpeggiated guitar figure in E minor that has to lock precisely with the orchestra, so every note needs to ring cleanly and land on time. When the heavy section kicks in, the rhythm guitar work is dense and tight, sitting in a low, palm-muted chug that demands consistent right-hand pressure and pick angle. The riff movement is not especially fast, but the groove has to be exact or the whole feel collapses. Getting the clean intro arpeggio and the heavy verse riff to feel like two sides of the same coin is the real challenge here. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the transition between the clean and heavy sections at a reduced speed until the shift feels automatic. Metallica wrote the track specifically for the S&M orchestral setting, so learning to phrase with space and control, rather than just aggression, is central to doing it justice.

  • The song opens with a clean arpeggiated guitar figure in E minor that must sit very precisely in time, making it a good exercise in controlled fingerpicking or pick-style arpeggio technique.
  • The heavy rhythm sections rely on tight palm muting at a moderate tempo, where consistency of right-hand pressure matters more than raw speed.
  • Practising the dynamic shift from the delicate clean intro to the full heavy riff is one of the most useful things to work on in this song.

How to Play NO LEAF CLOVER - REMAKE

Key: E minor · Tempo: 76 BPM

Loop each section and focus on clean, even timing rather than speed, with the metronome at 76 BPM.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Kirk Hammett's vintage 1959 'Greeny' Les Paul Standard delivers warmer, more dynamic PAF-style tones that contrast his EMG-equipped ESP guitars, adding organic sustain to his lead work. This guitar's traditional construction gives his solos a thicker, less compressed character than his signature models.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

While not Hammett's primary choice, the Les Paul Custom shares the Les Paul's warm PAF pickup character and thick body resonance, offering heavier players an alternative to Strat-style designs for achieving Metallica's crushing rhythm tones.

Gibson Explorer
Guitar

Gibson Explorer

James Hetfield's early Gibson Explorer established his signature angular shape and thick body tone, delivering the aggressive midrange attack essential to Metallica's crushing rhythm style before his ESP signature models became his primary tool.

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
Amp

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier

Kirk Hammett's Dual Rectifier heads provide the high-gain, midrange-forward aggression that lets his solos cut through Hetfield's scooped rhythm tone, creating definition and clarity in Metallica's dense wall of distortion.

EMG 81
Pickup

EMG 81

Hetfield's bridge EMG 81 delivers the hot, compressed output with tight low-end that defines Metallica's palm-muted riffs, the ceramic magnet and active preamp cutting through heavy arrangements with focused, aggressive attack.

EMG 60
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EMG 60

Both guitarists use the neck EMG 60 for warmer, more articulate rhythm tones and smoother lead voicings, balancing the 81's aggression with clearer note definition across Metallica's dense arrangements.

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