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Gunslinger amp settings — Nux Mighty 8bt mkii

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Gunslinger”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty 8bt mkii with a Gretsch 5425 jetclub. Studio version, Avenged Sevenfold (2007) — heavy main riff and chorus

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader), Mesa Boogie Mark IV (Lead Channel), Jim Dunlop Cry Baby wah, Sustainiac

Tight modern high-gain crunch with focused mid-range punch, aggressive attack, and controlled low end

Amp settings — Nux Mighty 8bt mkii

CHANNELMLD amp model (Mesa style high gain) + 4x12 Recto IRBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Noise Gate

Engage internal gate block before the amp model to keep staccato chugs tight

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

02Onboard Tube Screamer (TS Drive)

Used strictly as a clean boost block to tighten low-end flub and push the preamp

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The NUX Mighty 8BT MKII uses digital modeling, so selecting the Mesa-style high-gain amp model replicates Synyster's Mark IV lead voicing. The Gretsch Jet Club's Broad'Tron humbuckers have a bit more open chime than Gates' ultra-hot Seymour Duncan Invaders, so pushing the onboard mids to 7 and using the internal TS block as a tightener delivers the required saturation. Acoustic intro/clean verse: switch the NUX preset to the Twin Clean model with light plate reverb.

PRO TIPSynyster Gates gets his razor-sharp palm muting by resting the fleshy side of the picking palm right against the bridge saddles while applying a steep, angled pick attack for aggressive note definition.

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