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Hail To The king amp settings — NUX MG-30

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Hail To The king”, dialed in for a NUX MG-30 with a B.C.Rich Asm1. Lead tone / solo section (2:59 - 3:48), Hail to the King studio cut (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Hellwin 100W Head (Lead Channel designed with James Brown) + Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader bridge) + Fractal Axe-Fx II in FX loop for lead delay/reverb

Aggressive, articulate high-gain lead with tight bottom end, rich upper-mid cut, and stereo lead delay
Amp settings — NUX MG-30
CHANNELSLO 100 Lead (or Fireman HBE) amp block + 4x12 V30 IR cabBRIGHToff
GAIN 7 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 7 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 3 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass6
Mid7
Treble7
Presence6
Reverb3
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Gate / Noise Suppressor block

Placed first in NUX signal chain to silence high-gain stops

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

02TS9 / Tube Drive block

Clean boost before amp block to tighten low end for fast sweeps

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

03Digital Delay block

Post-amp block, set to ~420ms dotted-eighth or quarter note lead delay

Time 5 · Repeat 4 · Mix 3
Why these settings

Synyster used his signature James Brown-designed Schecter Hellwin on high gain with hot Invader pickups. On the NUX MG-30, loading the SLO 100 Lead or Fireman HBE block gives that exact modern EL34/6L6 hybrid crunch; pushing the mids to 7 compensates for the BC Rich stock pickups and brings out the vocal sweep-picking cut. The TS block in front with zero drive and high level replicates the tight, tracking attack of his rack setup.

PRO TIPSynyster uses strict economy and sweep picking for the neoclassical arpeggios in this solo; angle your pick slightly downward and anchor with your palm right at the bridge saddle for crisp string separation.

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