Bat country amp settings — Sheldon Gt1200
The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Bat country”, dialed in for a Sheldon Gt1200 with a Stringberg Sts-100. Studio version, City of Evil (2005) — Main rhythm tracks
Bogner Uberschall + Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, Schecter C-1 with Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers, Boss CS-3 Compressor
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
The Sheldon GT1200 is an obscure solid-state practice head, so standard universal controls are dialed to mimic the Bogner/Mesa dual-tracked saturation. Mids are kept at 6 to prevent the scooped fuzz of solid-state clipping while retaining the aggressive upper-mid punch of the original Seymour Duncan Invaders. Gain is pushed to 8 on the high-gain channel to achieve maximum sustain and chunk without an external overdrive pedal.
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