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Afterlife amp settings — Marshall Code 50

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Afterlife”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Schecter Synyster Standard. Studio version, Avenged Sevenfold (self-titled, 2007)

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall Rev Blue & Marshall JVM / JCM800 blend, Schecter Synyster Custom with Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers

High-gain, tight, articulate modern metal rhythm with biting upper-mids and heavy palm-muted chunk
Amp settings — Marshall Code 50
CHANNELJVM410 OD / GUV'NOR OD block into 1960V 4x12 CabBRIGHToffBOOSToff
GAIN 8 BASS 6 MID 6 TREBLE 7 REVERB 0 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain8
Bass6
Mid6
Treble7
Reverb0
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The Code 50 replicates the modern British high-gain Synyster used on Afterlife via the JVM410 OD preamp model and 1960V cab. Treble and mids are pushed slightly to balance the naturally dark, high-output Duncan Designed humbuckers in your Synyster Standard without turning muddy. The Code 50 physical panel lacks a presence knob, so power-amp presence must be left at default or shaped via the treble control.

PRO TIPAnchor your picking hand firmly near the bridge saddles and dig in with a heavy, rigid pick (1.5mm–2.0mm) to get Synyster's signature percussive snap on the opening 16th-note gallops.

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