James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich – Justice album cover

James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich – Justice

Album 2019

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2019 album Justice.

Music from Justice

Gear Used On Justice

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich – Justice (2019). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by James Hetfield on Justice

Solid Body Electric Guitars

ESP MX220 Explorer "EET FUK"

James’s first ESP, and one of this most recognizable guitars. He bought it just prior to recording “And Justice For All”, and used it as his main axe during that period. The guitar featured neck through body construction (as with all of James’ ESPs), with mahogany body and neck featuring rosewood fingerboard and custom middle finger inlays. The guitar was also equipped with a Tune-o-Matic bridge, Gotoh tuners, and EMG 81/60 active pickups.

Microphones used by James Hetfield on Justice

Condenser Microphones

Neumann U47 FET

Avg price: $4,228.51

James can be seen recording with a U47 FET during the making of the Black Album at 12:45 in the video.

Amplifiers used by James Hetfield on Justice

Guitar Preamps

Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp

Avg price: $1,301.63

James was using quad preamps and studio preamps during justice - black album era

Guitar Preamps

A/DA MP-1 MIDI Programmable Tube Preamp

Avg price: $620.00

Both James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett were using ADA MP-1 & ADA MQ1 EQ in their racks during the ...And Justice for All and Black Album era.