Riff Tone

The Art of Subconscious Illusion

Avenged Sevenfold

Guitarmetal2000s

Original Gear

GuitarSchecter C-1 Blackjack (early 2000s, likely stock pickups)

AmpCrate GX-1200H Solid State Head

PickupsDuncan Designed HB-102 (humbuckers, passive, ceramic magnet)

Amp Settings

gain8.5

bass6

mid5

treble7

reverb1

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2001. No direct source confirms exact gear for this song, but early Avenged Sevenfold interviews and forum discussions consistently reference Schecter guitars and Crate solid-state amps for 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet' era. No evidence of live/touring gear or alternate studio setups for this track.

Tone Character(10)

tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingscooped but present midschunky low endslightly fizzy highsfast attackraw, unpolished distortionminimal ambiencesolid-state saturationmetalcore rhythm clarity

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, tight alternate picking and palm muting at a high tempo, demanding precision and stamina typical of early 2000s metalcore rhythm guitar.

Sources

Ranking Sounding The Seventh Trumpet : r/avengedsevenfold Questions about sounding the seventh trumpet : r/avengedsevenfold

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