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Coming Home Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold · 2010s+ · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier 100W 3-channel Solo Head
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2013 (Hail to the King album). Gear confirmed for this era and album, but no explicit studio photo for this exact solo. Synyster Gates is known to use his signature Schecter with Invader pickups and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for studio solos in this period.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass5.5
Gain7.5
Reverb2
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- MXR Phase 90 · phaser
- Delay pedal (model unknown, likely Strymon or Line 6) · delay
- MXR Studio Compressor · compression
Guitar → MXR Studio Compressor → MXR Phase 90 → Delay pedal → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier → Orange 412 Cabinet
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- tight and percussive attack
- articulate lead lines
- fluid legato runs
- high-gain saturation
- cutting upper mids
- clear note separation
- fast alternate picking clarity
- harmonic squeals
- smooth, singing lead tone