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Shepherd of Fire amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Shepherd of Fire”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Hail to the King (2013) — main heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader / Synyster Gates Signature pickups) into Schecter Hellwin USA 100W Head & Bogner Uberschall into 4x12 cabs with Celestion Vintage 30s

Thick, aggressive modern metal crunch with punchy low-mids and sharp bite

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	7
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive / Tube Screamer Boost

RECOMMENDED — not owned. Use an onboard Katana Booster (T-Scream) or external TS9 to tighten the low-end chunk.

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII's Brown amp type recreates the high-gain aggression of the Hellwin/Bogner blend directly from the amp. The Jackson JS22 stock ceramic bridge humbucker is bright and high-output, so setting treble to 7 and mid to 5 delivers Synyster's cut without excessive harshness. Presence is set to null because the 50W Katana faceplate does not feature a physical presence knob.

PRO TIPDig in with hard, precise downstrokes right over the bridge pickup and keep palm-muting tight against the bridge saddles to capture the percussive low-end chug of the intro riff.

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