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Hail to the King amp settings — Randall RG75 G2

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Hail to the King”, dialed in for a Randall RG75 G2 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Hail to the King album (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Hellwin Stage 100 (EL34, high-gain channel) + Schecter Synyster Gates Custom-S with Seymour Duncan Invader (bridge) + Fractal Axe-Fx II for effects

Thick, crushing high-gain with old-school heavy metal character — tight low-end, pronounced midrange bark, clear note separation

Amp settings — Randall RG75 G2

CHANNELHigh Gain (Channel 2)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Your Randall RG75 G2 is a solid state amp with a tighter, more aggressive voicing than the Hellwin's EL34 warmth. I pushed mids to 7 (vs the original's ~6.8) to compensate for the Randall's inherently scooped character. Your Ibanez GIO has ceramic humbuckers with lower output than the Invader, so gain stays at 8 to achieve similar saturation. The recording is dry — no reverb.

PRO TIPGates uses heavy palm-muting with precise pick attack on the main riff. Anchor your picking hand firmly and dig in with the pick at a slight angle to get that chunky, defined low-string articulation — the tone lives in the right hand as much as the amp.

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