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Beast and the Harlot amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Beast and the Harlot”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, City of Evil (2005) — Main rhythm riff

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall + Bogner Caveman, Schecter C-1 FR (Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader bridge), Boss CS-3, Boss SD-1

Aggressive high-gain metal with tight low-end, scooped mids, and cutting upper-mid presence for palm-muted chugs and screaming leads

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD-2

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (use to tighten bass and boost front-end saturation)

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

Running on the MG30CFX's high-gain OD-2 channel provides the necessary modern saturation without an external pedal. To compensate for single-coil Strat pickups versus the high-output Invader humbuckers, gain is pushed to 8 and bass is raised to 7, while the tone knob is rolled back slightly to 8 to tame harsh treble. Mid is pulled down to 4 to capture the aggressive Uberschall scoop.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm directly over the bridge saddles for maximum percussive chunk on the dropped-D chugs, striking with a heavy 1.5mm+ pick to replicate Synyster Gates' attack.

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