GuitarDistortedSolo
Betrayed Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2005 (City of Evil album). Gear confirmed for this era and album, not live rig. No explicit evidence of pedals used on this specific solo, but high-gain amp and genre suggest minimal pedal use except for possible solo effects.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass6
Gain8
Reverb1.5
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- Delay pedal (model unknown) · delay
- Noise gate (model unknown) · noise_gate
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom → Noise gate → Delay pedal → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (spring reverb on amp, low level)
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- singing sustain
- articulate pick attack
- aggressive high-gain saturation
- clear note separation
- slightly scooped mids
- bright and cutting
- fluid legato
- harmonic overtones
- controlled feedback