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Almost Easy amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Almost Easy”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Harley benton WL-20BK rock series. Studio album cut, Avenged Sevenfold (self-titled, 2007)

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall + Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier heads into Mesa 4x12 cabs; Schecter Custom with Seymour Duncan Invader (Synyster Gates) / JB (Zacky Vengeance)

Aggressive, high-gain modern metal with tight low-end punch and sharp upper-mid cut

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD-2

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The studio tone relies on a massive Bogner and Dual/Triple Rectifier blend with heavy low-end chunk and biting top end. On the Marshall MG30CFX, OD-2 provides the necessary cascaded preamp saturation; keeping the mids around 5 avoids typical Marshall nasal honk while retaining note definition in the Drop D riffing without an external boost pedal. Note that the MG30CFX control panel has no presence control, so it is omitted.

PRO TIPDrop D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-E) is essential; dig in hard with heavy palm muting right against the bridge saddles on the low D string to keep the fast 16th-note rhythm tight and punchy.

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