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Nightmare amp settings — NUX MG-300

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Nightmare”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Gibson SG Modern. Studio version, Nightmare (2010) — main heavy rhythm & riff tone

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader pickups) -> Bogner Uberschall Rev 1 prototype & Diezel VH4 blend into 4x12 Celestion Vintage 30 cabs

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

Amp settings — NUX MG-300

CHANNELUBER (Bogner Uberschall model) + 4x12 V30 Cab IRBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01TS DRIVE (Tube Screamer block)

In front of amp model to tighten low-end tracking and boost pick attack

Gain 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02NOISE GATE (Gate block)

Place before amp block to clamp high-gain palm-mute chugs

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The NUX MG-300's UBER amp model directly captures the Bogner Uberschall core used on the recording. Because your Gibson SG Modern humbuckers are slightly lower in output than Syn's ceramic Seymour Duncan Invaders, the TS Drive block is engaged with zero gain and high level to push the front-end compression and tighten the sub-bass. Keep mids flat to retain the aggressive body without letting the tone get boxy.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a thick, sharp pick (1.5mm–2.0mm) angled slightly toward the bridge to replicate Synyster Gates' razor-sharp staccato attack on the opening Drop D riff.

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