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buried alive Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold · 2010s+ · metal

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers (Synyster Gates Custom set, passive, likely split to single coil for clean)
Amp
Schecter Hellwin Stage 100
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (possible coil split for single-coil-like clarity)

Studio recording, 2010-2011 era (Nightmare album). Gear confirmed for this album/session. Clean tone is from the Hellwin's clean channel, not the high-gain channel. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the clean section.

Amp Settings

Mids
5.5
Bass
6
Gain
0
Reverb
2.5
Treble
7
Presence
6.5

Effects Chain

  • Chorus pedal (model unknown) · chorus

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom → Chorus pedal → Schecter Hellwin Stage 100 (clean channel, digital reverb on amp)

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Tone Character

  • glassy and chimey
  • bell-like attack
  • articulate and percussive
  • warm but present
  • tight low end
  • slight shimmer from chorus/modulation
  • studio reverb tail
  • modern clean metal clarity
  • no breakup or drive
  • wide stereo image

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