Riff Tone
Thick and Thin
Avenged Sevenfold
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarSchecter Synyster Gates Custom
AmpSchecter Hellwin USA 100
PickupsSeymour Duncan Invader humbuckers
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
mid5.5
treble7
reverb1.5
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2003 (Waking the Fallen album). Guitar and amp confirmed by artist interviews for this era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this track's riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate note separationmodern metal clarityslightly scooped midscrisp treble edgecontrolled feedbackpunchy low endfocused attack
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with complex rhythm patterns typical of early 2000s metalcore.
Sources
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Original Gear
GuitarSchecter Synyster Gates Custom
AmpSchecter Hellwin USA 100
PickupsSeymour Duncan Invader humbuckers
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
mid5.5
treble7
reverb1.5
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2003 (Waking the Fallen album). Guitar and amp confirmed by artist interviews for this era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this track's riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate note separationmodern metal clarityslightly scooped midscrisp treble edgecontrolled feedbackpunchy low endfocused attack
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with complex rhythm patterns typical of early 2000s metalcore.
Thick and Thin settings for your amp
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