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Seize the Day amp settings — Zoom G2X Four

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Seize the Day”, dialed in for a Zoom G2X Four with a Legacy EG-102. Studio version, City of Evil (2005) — iconic main solo and lead tone

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall and Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier heads through 4x12 cabs, Schecter Synyster Standard (Seymour Duncan Invader bridge humbucker), Boss CS-3 Compressor, Visual Sound H2O Chorus/Delay

High-sustain, singing modern-metal lead tone with rich mid-harmonics, tight low end, and smooth stereo delay/reverb

Amp settings — Zoom G2X Four

CHANNELBogner Uberschall style high-gain amp model (UBR 100) + 4x12 cabBRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Comp (Boss CS-3 style compressor block)

Placed first in the chain to add sustain and smooth note attack for the soaring solo

Sense 6 · Tone 5 · Level 7

02Delay (Analog/Tape delay block)

Set to a subtle dotted-eighth/quarter-note echo to match the signature City of Evil lead depth

Time 4 · Feedback 4 · Mix 3

03Hall Reverb block

Adds spatial width and studio room ambience to long sustained notes

Decay 5 · Tone 5 · Mix 3

Why these settings

The high-output Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers on Synyster's guitar drive the Bogner front end hard, so the onboard compressor block is dialed to add sustain and body from the Legacy EG-102 bridge pickup. Mids are boosted to 7 to replicate the vocal, singing lead frequency response of the Uberschall without getting harsh in the upper treble. Clean verse: switch off the compressor and high-gain amp block in favor of a clean acoustic/piezo simulation preset.

PRO TIPDig in with a heavy pick angled slightly downward on sweeping and fast alt-picked passages to emulate Synyster's sharp harmonic bite, letting pick attack generate upper-mid harmonics before vibrato.

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