Afterlife amp settings — Donner Arena 2000
The Avenge sevenfold guitar tone for “Afterlife”, dialed in for a Donner Arena 2000 with a Schecter C-1 Hellraiser. Studio album track, Avenged Sevenfold (2007) - main high-gain rhythm and lead riff
Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers) into Bogner Uberschall blended with Diezel VH4 / Marshall JVM, boosted with Boss SD-1
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 7 |
01Noise Gate Block (Arena 2000)
Essential in front to keep fast staccato riffing tight and mute-friendly
02TS / Overdrive Block (Arena 2000)
Clean boost mode: tightens flubby sub-bass and pushes aggressive upper-mid attack into high-gain amp model
03Delay Block (Arena 2000)
Post-amp/FX loop routing; keep bypassed for rhythm chugs, engage for the main melodic leads/solo
The EMG 81 active pickups in your Schecter C-1 Hellraiser are high-output and inherently compressed compared to Synyster's passive Invaders, so amp gain is kept at 7 to prevent fizzy saturation. The Donner Arena 2000's TS/OD drive block is set with minimal gain and boosted output to tighten the low-end thump on the German/Bogner high-gain amp block. Ensure the guitar is tuned down to Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) to match the track. Clean intro/verse: bypass the OD block, switch amp block to a clean Fender/Boutique voice with bridge+neck pickups.
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