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METALLICA - THE CALL OF KTULU - REMAKE - Guitar Tab

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About THE CALL OF KTULU - REMAKE

Few Instrumental Rock pieces demand as much patient atmosphere-building from a guitarist as this remake. METALLICA rebuild their classic from the ground up, and much of the work falls on clean, arpeggiated picking in E minor that must feel brooding rather than mechanical. Staying in E Standard tuning, you are never fighting unfamiliar string tension, but the challenge is maintaining consistency across long, repetitive fingerpicking passages before the heavy riffing arrives. At 120 BPM the piece is not fast, yet keeping every note even and controlled at that tempo across extended instrumental sections is harder than it sounds. When the distorted riffs kick in, palm muting precision and tight synchronisation between both hands become the real test. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop any transition between the clean and heavy sections slowed down, because those shifts are where timing tends to fall apart. Give the quiet passages the same serious attention you give the loud ones.

  • The song sits in E minor in E Standard tuning, so no retuning is needed, but the key rewards a strong knowledge of the E minor and E Phrygian feel.
  • Long arpeggiated clean passages require consistent right-hand picking control across repeated patterns, making them a useful exercise in endurance and evenness.
  • The contrast between delicate fingerpicked sections and heavy palm-muted riffing means you effectively need two distinct techniques ready in the same performance.

How to Play THE CALL OF KTULU - REMAKE

Tuning: E Standard · Key: E minor · Tempo: 122 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 122 BPM to build it up to tempo.

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
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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
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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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