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Nightmare amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Nightmare”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Ibanez RGA42FM. Studio version, Nightmare (2010) — main heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers) into Bogner Uberschall Rev 1 & Diezel VH4 blend

Aggressive, tight high-gain modern metal with punchy low-mids and sharp pick attack

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 (Peavey 5150 model)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25's Metal 2000 model captures the aggressive saturation of the Bogner/Diezel blend without needing external pedals. Mids are kept at 5 to maintain Synyster's focused core punch while avoiding mid-scoop flub on the 8-inch speaker. Treble is pushed to 7 to replicate the searing high-end bite of the high-output Invader bridge pickup on your Quantum humbuckers.

PRO TIPSynyster's tight riffing relies on aggressive palm muting right against the bridge saddles with a stiff 1.5mm+ pick to get the precise percussive chug heard in the main drop-D riff.

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