GuitarCleanRiff
Bat Country Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom
Pickups
Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader humbuckers
Amp
Bogner Uberschall 120-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 2004-2005 for 'City of Evil'. Clean sections likely used the same guitar and amp as the main riff, but with lower gain and effects engaged for clarity. No evidence of alternate guitar or amp for clean sections.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb1.5
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- MXR ZW38 Black Label Chorus · chorus
- ISP Technologies Decimator Noise Reduction · noise_gate
- MXR Custom Comp · compression
Guitar → ISP Decimator → MXR Custom Comp → MXR ZW38 Black Label Chorus → Bogner Uberschall (clean channel, digital reverb on)
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Tone Character
- crystal-clear
- slightly compressed attack
- chimey and articulate
- tight low end
- present but not harsh highs
- subtle chorus shimmer
- studio-polished clarity
- modern metal clean tone
- no audible breakup
- controlled dynamics