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Shepard of Fire amp settings — Peavey Vyper x2

The Avenged sevenfold guitar tone for “Shepard of Fire”, dialed in for a Peavey Vyper x2 with a Ibanez KIKOSP3. Studio version, Hail to the King (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom with Seymour Duncan Invader (bridge), Bogner Uberschall / Hellwin 100, various boost pedals

Thick modern metal crunch with tight palm mutes, aggressive upper-mids, controlled low end

Amp settings — Peavey Vyper x2

CHANNEL6505+ (High Gain channel model)BRIGHToffBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Built-in Tube Screamer (TS808 model)

Use the Vypyr's onboard Screamer stomp as a clean boost to tighten the 6505 model — this is critical for the palm-mute definition

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Built-in Noise Gate

Engage to keep rests silent between chugs

Threshold 4

Why these settings

The Vypyr's 6505+ model is the closest match to the Bogner Uberschall's tight, aggressive saturation. Your Ibanez's DiMarzio Quantum pickups are slightly lower output than Gates' Invaders, so I kept gain at 7 instead of backing off further. Mid pushed to 7 because the Vypyr's digital voicing can sound scooped compared to the original's mid-forward Bogner character.

PRO TIPDrop D tuning is mandatory for this song. Pick directly over the bridge pickup with a firm downstroke attack for the main riff — the palm mute should sit right at the saddles, not further up the strings, to get that tight 'chunk' without flubby low end.

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