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Beast and the harlot amp settings — NUX MG-300

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Beast and the harlot”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Ibanez Jem jr. Studio version, City of Evil (2005)

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall (120W, EL34) blended with custom Bogner 'Caveman' prototype, Schecter C-1 FR with Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader (bridge), Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer, Boss SD-1 Overdrive, Visual Sound H2O Chorus & Echo

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

Amp settings — NUX MG-300

CHANNELHigh Gain amp model (Uberschall/Recto-style) — select 'Modern Hi-Gain' or 'US Hi-Gain' model on the MG-300BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01NUX MG-300 Noise Gate block

Enable noise gate block — essential for drop D high-gain to kill string noise between chugs

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

02NUX MG-300 Compressor block (Dyna Comp style)

Gates uses Boss CS-3 as his 'secret weapon' for dynamics and lead boost — enable compressor block before amp

Level 6 · Sustain 4

03NUX MG-300 Tube Screamer block

SD-1/TS-style as a tight boost into the high-gain model — low drive, level at unity or slightly above to push the amp and tighten low-end

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Uberschall is renowned for massive bass that needs cutting — the MG-300's modeling amps don't have that same low-end bloom, so bass stays moderate at 4 rather than the extreme cut needed on the real amp. Your Jem Jr's DiMarzio humbuckers are slightly hotter and brighter than Invaders, so gain at 7 reaches similar saturation without mud. Mid at 5 keeps the aggressive bark without fully scooping — the original has more mids than people assume.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and focus on tight palm-muting technique directly over the bridge pickup — Gates gets his chunk from hand position, not just gain. For the verse riff, mute aggressively and release slightly on accents to let the notes breathe through the compression.

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