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Nightmare amp settings — Ibanez Ibz10g v2

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Nightmare”, dialed in for a Ibanez Ibz10g v2 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Nightmare album (2010) — lead/solo sections

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom-S (Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader bridge humbucker) → MXR MC401 Boost → Visual Sound H2O Chorus/Delay → Bogner Uberschall 120W head

Singing sustain with smooth liquid lead, warm and expressive with clear note separation and slight delay tail

Amp settings — Ibanez Ibz10g v2

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	10
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank G Distortion

Essential — the Ibz10g cannot produce high-gain saturation alone. The Tank G must do the heavy lifting for Uberschall-level gain. Set distortion high but keep tone centered to avoid fizz with single coils.

Level 7 · Tone 5 · Distortion 8

Why these settings

The original uses hot humbuckers (Invaders) into a 120W high-gain tube head — your Strat's single coils are bright and low-output, and the Ibz10g is a 10W solid-state practice amp with no high-gain voicing. The Tank G pedal is mandatory to generate the saturation. Amp gain maxed provides a platform for the pedal; mid pushed to 7 compensates for the Fender-style scoop and single-coil thinness; bass cut to 4 prevents mud; treble at 6 and tone knob rolled to 7 tames the Strat's ice-pick highs. This rig cannot fully replicate Uberschall compression and harmonic richness, but this gets the closest approximation.

PRO TIPFor the singing lead sustain Gates achieves, use your Strat's neck pickup on slower melodic passages and roll the tone to 5 — this fattens the single coil closer to a humbucker voice. On faster runs, stay on bridge with tone at 7 for articulation. Stand close to the amp to encourage feedback sustain on held notes.

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