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Beast and the Harlot amp settings — Zoom G1 Four

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Beast and the Harlot”, dialed in for a Zoom G1 Four with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, City of Evil (2005) - Main rhythm riff and intro lead

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Zoom G1 Four

CHANNELBG THROTTLE amp model + BG4x12 cab modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	1
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction)

Essential for clamping high-gain hum and keeping staccato chugs tight

Detect 2 · Depth 8 · Threshold 6

02TS Drive (Tube Screamer block)

Clean boost before amp model to emulate the Boss SD-1 tightening the Bogner preamp

Gain 1 · Tone 7 · Volume 8

03Room (Reverb block)

Subtle studio room ambiance behind the amp/cab block

Decay 2 · Tone 5 · Mix 2

Why these settings

The Zoom G1 Four's 'BG THROTTLE' accurately models Synyster Gates' Bogner high-gain preamp, paired with the BG4x12 cabinet simulation. The TS Drive block is dialed with minimal gain and high output to replicate the Boss SD-1 tightening the sub-bass before the amp stage. Because the Ibanez GRG170DX's stock bridge humbucker has less output and low-mid saturation than Syn's Seymour Duncan Invader, amp gain sits at 7 with treble pushed to 7 for sharp pick attack.

PRO TIPSynyster Gates uses aggressive downward pick angling and digs deep into the strings with heavy 1.5mm+ picks to get that chirping harmonic squeal on open-string palm-muted gallops.

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