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afterlife amp settings — cort cm20b

The avenged sevenfold guitar tone for “afterlife”, dialed in for a cort cm20b with a Fender Player Precision Bass. Studio version, Avenged Sevenfold self-titled album (2007)

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall/Shiva + Marshall blend, Schecter Synyster Custom with Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader (bridge), Drop D tuning

Tight, polished high-gain metal with focused mids, aggressive pick attack, and controlled low-end — not scooped, not overly mid-pushed

Amp settings — cort cm20b

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED — not currently owned)

RECOMMENDED — not owned. A Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, MXR M116 Fullbore Metal, or TC Electronic Dark Matter would get you into the ballpark. The CM20B is a practice bass amp and cannot produce high-gain metal tones on its own — an external distortion pedal is essential for this tone.

Gain/Dist 7 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

Critical mismatch: You have a bass (Fender Precision) and a bass practice amp (Cort CM20B), but 'Afterlife' is a guitar track requiring a high-gain guitar amp. The CM20B has no presence control and limited gain structure — I've maxed gain at 8 to get any breakup, pushed mids to 7 to compensate for the amp's flat voicing vs the mid-forward Bogner original, and cut bass to 4 to prevent mud since bass amps emphasize low frequencies. Without a distortion pedal, this tone is unachievable on your current rig.

PRO TIPIf you're learning this song on bass, Johnny Christ's actual bass tone uses a Gallien-Krueger 2001RB with MXR M-80 Bass DI+ for grit — roll your tone knob to 6, dig in hard with a pick near the bridge, and add compression if possible to match that tight, punchy metal bass sound underneath the guitars.

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