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Save Me Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold · 2010s+ · metal
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Original Recording
Guitar
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (likely for main riff), or Schecter Zacky Vengeance Custom
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Invader (Synyster Gates Custom), Seymour Duncan JB (Zacky Vengeance Custom)
Amp
Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature Head
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2016 (The Stage album). Gear confirmed for this album/session. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass6
Gain8
Reverb1.5
Treble7
Presence6.5
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- high-gain saturation
- articulate note separation
- aggressive pick attack
- scooped but present mids
- clear low end
- modern metal clarity
- slight amp reverb for space
- no audible modulation effects
- punchy rhythm
Sources
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