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Shepherd of Fire amp settings — Boss Katana Mini

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Shepherd of Fire”, dialed in for a Boss Katana Mini with a Donner DST-550. Studio version, Hail to the King (2013)

Original rig

Schecter Hellwin USA 100 Head, Schecter SYN412 cab (Celestion V30s), Schecter Synyster Gates Custom-S with Seymour Duncan Invader (bridge) and Sustainiac (neck), bridge pickup for rhythm riff

Tight and percussive high-gain rhythm, chunky low-end, articulate attack, focused midrange, modern metal clarity with controlled saturation

Amp settings — Boss Katana Mini

CHANNELBrownBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo RAT2

Primary gain source — amp stays clean, RAT provides the saturation and bite

Distortion 6 · Filter 4 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Katana Mini has no presence or reverb controls — nulled. Original Hellwin is a tight high-gain head; the Mini's Brown channel is Marshall-voiced and cannot reach that saturation alone. RAT2 in front with amp gain at 3 keeps definition and avoids mud — the RAT's Filter at 4 tames fizz while preserving attack. Mid pushed to 7 compensates for the Mini's smaller speaker losing low-mid body vs the original 4x12 V30 cab.

PRO TIPDig in hard with the pick and palm-mute tight against the bridge — Synyster's tone on this track relies on aggressive right-hand attack for that percussive chunk, not just gain.

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