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Hail to the king amp settings — Marshall Code 50

The Avenge sevenfold guitar tone for “Hail to the king”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Schecter Omen 6. Studio version, Hail to the King (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers) into Schecter Hellwin USA 100 Head (Lead Channel, designed by James Brown) and 4x12 cab

Punchy, tight modern heavy metal crunch with aggressive upper-mid bite and tight low-end tracking
Amp settings — Marshall Code 50
CHANNELJCM800 preamp block + Classic Marshall 100w power amp + 1960V 4x12 cabBRIGHToffBOOSTon
GAIN 8 BASS 5 MID 6 TREBLE 7 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain8
Bass5
Mid6
Treble7
Reverb2
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Onboard Marshall CODE Noise Gate

Essential for cutting string rumble during the staccato rhythm riffs

Threshold 5

02Onboard Marshall CODE Distortion/OD Block (Guv'nor mode)

Clean boost mode to tighten low-end and add upper-mid saturation into the JCM800 model

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 10
Why these settings

The Marshall Code 50 is a digital modeling amp without a physical presence knob on its faceplate, so presence is null. The JCM800 preamp block paired with a 100W classic power section delivers the aggressive modern crunch of Synyster's Hellwin head, boosted with the onboard Guv'nor block for extra compression. The Schecter Omen 6 passive bridge pickup matches the high-output Schecter tone profile well; keeping bass around 5 prevents muddiness in drop/standard heavy riffs.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a heavy pick (1.5mm+) directly over the bridge pickup and use precise palm muting right against the bridge saddles to get the sharp, percussive chug heard on the main riff.

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