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So far away amp settings — Diezel Herbert

The Avenged sevenfold guitar tone for “So far away”, dialed in for a Diezel Herbert with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Nightmare (2010) — Iconic outro and bridge lead tone

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader) into Bogner Uberschall and Mesa Dual Rectifier with Boss DD-3 delay in studio FX loop

Thick, saturated modern lead with singing midrange sustain and smooth top-end

Amp settings — Diezel Herbert

CHANNELChannel 3 (Lead) — Mid Cut switch OFF, Deep set to 4BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Digital Delay (Boss DD-3 / DD-7 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run in FX loop for 450ms quarter-note lead trails)

E.Level 5 · F.Back 5 · D.Time 6 · Mode 8

02Hall Reverb

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run in FX loop to recreate studio spatial depth)

Decay 6 · Tone 5 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The Diezel Herbert Channel 3 has massive low-end authority and aggressive gain structure that readily captures Synyster Gates' saturated lead voice. Keep the Mid Cut feature turned off and mid EQ at 7 so the tone cuts like a Bogner rather than scooping out; the Pacifica bridge humbucker has less output than Syn's high-output Seymour Duncan Invader, so gain is set to 7 to compensate for sustain.

PRO TIPAnchor your pick hand firmly near the bridge and dig in with a heavy 1.5mm+ pick, using wide classical-style finger vibrato across the G and B strings to match Synyster Gates' signature vocal sustain.

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