Pedalboard / 045
Kirk Hammett
Hammett paired the tour's digital processor architecture with two rack-mounted wah modules that could be driven from treadles at five stage positions or engaged by his technician.
Signal path / A
WorldWired remote-wah rig
Tech-guided inventory - controller topology
Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Switchable effects loops
Guitar tech Justin Crew documents a processor rack broadly matching Hetfield's WorldWired architecture and identifies two rack wah units controlled from five stage positions. The official video and its technical summary do not publish the private Axe-Fx preset layouts or a strict loop-by-loop order, so the rack wah pair and processor paths are presented as an exact inventory with reconstructed display order. Dunlop independently confirms that Hammett's touring sound comes from a Cry Baby Rack Wah and that its settings formed the basis of his signature floor model. Expression shells, MIDI controllers, input mixer, GCX routing and backups are omitted.