Nightmare amp settings — Orange Crush 20
The Avenged sevenfold guitar tone for “Nightmare”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Nightmare (2010) — main heavy rhythm & riff tone
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader pickups) into Bogner Uberschall Rev 1 & Diezel VH4 blend
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 5 |
The Orange Crush 20 naturally has thick, dark low-mids, so treble is pushed to 7 and bass is kept moderate at 6 to mimic the aggressive bite and tightness of Synyster's Bogner/Diezel blend without turning muddy on an 8-inch speaker. Run the Dirty channel at gain 8 to extract the modern saturation needed from the amp alone. Adding a Tube Screamer style overdrive as a clean boost (Drive 0, Level 9) down the road will tighten the low-end attack significantly.
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