Nightmare amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox
The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Nightmare”, dialed in for a M-Vave Blackbox with a Ibanez RG550. Studio recording, Nightmare (2010) — main rhythm/riff tone
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader) / Zacky Vengeance Custom (Seymour Duncan JB) into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier & Bogner Uberschall into 4x12 Celestion V30s
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01M-Vave Noise Gate Block
Essential onboard block for tight staccato riff stops
02Jim Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95
Bypassed for main rhythm riff; engage for intro lead sweeps and wah passages
03M-Vave TS-Style Overdrive Block
Tightens the low-end flub of the Rectifier model before the preamp
The Ibanez RG550 V8 bridge humbucker is tight and bright, but has slightly less extreme low-end output than Synyster's Seymour Duncan Invader, so mids are kept at 6 and bass at 5 rather than heavily scooped. Running the Blackbox's onboard TS overdrive block with Drive nearly off and Level high tightens the Rectifier model's saggy bottom end for precision modern metal tracking. For the clean intro, switch to the neck pickup and select a twin clean model with a touch of chorus.
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