Nightmare amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 2
The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Nightmare”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 2 with a Gibson SG Standard 61. Studio version, Nightmare (2010) — main heavy rhythm riff
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers) / Zacky Vengeance Custom (Seymour Duncan JB) into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier and Bogner Uberschall
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
01Guitar Muff (TS-style overdrive block in Spark 2 app)
Clean boost before amp block to tighten low-end palm mutes
02Noise Gate (Spark onboard gate block)
Essential for stopping high-gain hiss between staccato hits
The Spark 2 Treadplate model captures the scooped, cascading preamp distortion of the original Dual Rectifier track. Because your SG Standard 61 has vintage-voiced Burstbucker 61 pickups rather than ultra-hot Invaders, running the onboard Tube Screamer block with zero gain and high level tightens the flubby low-end and adds required attack. Mids are kept at 6 to prevent the guitar from getting buried behind the modern kick and bass track.
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