Originally Posted by: SweepFreakAs I recall,"Nothing Else Matters" is in the key of Eminor.Rather than spend your time trying to "nail" the solo note-for-note,I would suggest you spend that time learning Eminor,and why Hammett plays the solo the way he does as opposed to how.I'm pretty sure the whole solo is a mish-mash of Em pentatonic minor and Eminor melodic minor,learn those scales all over the fretboard and almost any Metallica song is within your reach.

Minor correction... Hetfield wrote all the guitar parts and plays the solo both on the recording and live... But you're right... he uses Em Pent scale... The solo is the (I suppose arguably) easiest Metallica solo there is... so It shouldn't be too tough.