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Cosmic Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold · 2010s+ · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom Headless 6-string with Sustainiac
Pickups
Fishman Fluence Synyster Gates Signature (active, with Sustainiac in neck position)
Amp
Friedman Dirty Shirley
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (Sustainiac engaged for infinite sustain)
Studio recording, 2023 (Life Is But a Dream... album). Gear confirmed via Equipboard and Premier Guitar rig rundown. Sustainiac used for infinite sustain in solo. Friedman Dirty Shirley confirmed as primary amp for studio work in this era.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass5.5
Gain7.5
Reverb3
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- MXR Studio Compressor · compression
- Revv G2 · overdrive
- Line 6 HX Stomp (Pitch Shifter Block) · other
- Delay pedal (model unknown, likely Strymon Volante or Strymon Deco) · delay
- Reverb pedal (model unknown, likely Strymon Cloudburst or UAFX Heavenly) · reverb
- MXR Phase 95 · phaser
Guitar (Schecter Synyster Gates Custom Headless, Sustainiac neck pickup) → MXR Studio Compressor → Revv G2 → Line 6 HX Stomp (Pitch Shifter) → Strymon Volante/Deco (Delay) → Strymon Cloudburst/UAFX Heavenly (Reverb) → Friedman Dirty Shirley Amp → Orange 4x12 Cabinet
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- liquid legato runs
- harmonic feedback
- crystal-clear articulation
- tight low end
- modern metal clarity
- expressive vibrato
- soaring melodic lines
- pitch-shifted harmonics
- ambient space in solo