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Bat Country amp settings — Valeton GP-200

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Bat Country”, dialed in for a Valeton GP-200 with a Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai. Studio version, City of Evil (2005) — main rhythm tone

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall + Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, Schecter C-1 with Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers, Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer

Aggressive, saturated modern metal crunch with sharp upper-mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Valeton GP-200

CHANNELUber Lead block (Bogner Uberschall model) + 4x12 V30 Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	1
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Compressor Block (CS-3 model)

In front of amp model to even out the aggressive alternate picking attack

Level 7 · Tone 6 · Attack 5 · Sustain 4

02Noise Gate Block

Tightens fast palm-muted stops

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The DiMarzio Evolution bridge pickup in your JEM7V is bright with sharp upper-mids, naturally matching Synyster Gates's cutting attack without needing excessive treble. Using the Valeton GP-200's Bogner Uberschall amp model provides the heavy modern saturation while keeping mids centered to avoid getting lost in the mix. Keep the bass at 6 to prevent low-end flub on fast palm-muted riffs.

PRO TIPDig in hard near the bridge with a stiff pick (1.5mm+) to replicate Synyster's percussive attack, especially on the triplet-heavy rhythm figures.

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