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Hail to the king amp settings — Squier Frontman 10g

The Avenged sevenfold guitar tone for “Hail to the king”, dialed in for a Squier Frontman 10g with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Main riff and rhythm tracks, Hail to the King (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader bridge) into Schecter Hellwin USA 100W Head, Fractal Axe-Fx II

Aggressive, tight modern high-gain with punchy upper mids and controlled low end

Amp settings — Squier Frontman 10g

CHANNELOD button pushed IN (Drive channel)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	5
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01High-Gain Distortion (e.g. Boss MT-2 Metal Zone or MXR Fullbore Metal)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; push amp cleanly with this pedal to achieve modern metal tightness

Level 5 · Low 6 · High 5 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Frontman 10G lacks a mid control and gets fizzy quickly, so engaging the OD button with gain at 7 delivers usable clipping without completely blowing out the 6-inch speaker. Rolling the Strat's tone knob down to 8 helps tame the single-coil bite to mimic Synyster Gates' dark, hot humbucker output. A dedicated high-gain distortion pedal will be necessary to truly match the tight Hellwin low-end thump.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a stiff 1.5mm+ pick right next to the bridge saddles and strictly palm-mute the open low E string between downstrokes to emulate the precision tracking of an Invader humbucker.

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