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So Far Away amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “So Far Away”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Nightmare (2010)

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall 120W head, Schecter Synyster Gates Custom-S with Seymour Duncan Invader (bridge), MXR MC401 Boost, Visual Sound H2O delay/chorus

Smooth, saturated high-gain lead with singing sustain and controlled low-end

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELOverdrive (Voice switch: position 2 or 3 for higher gain)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	10
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	0
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED — Boss DS-1 or ProCo RAT)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone. The Champion 20's overdrive channel lacks the saturation needed for Bogner Uberschall territory. Run pedal into amp's CLEAN channel with amp gain at 2-3 once acquired.

Tone 5 · Level 7 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The Bogner Uberschall is a high-gain monster with tight, focused mids—the opposite of the Champion 20's scooped Fender voicing. I pushed mid to 7 to compensate for Fender's natural mid-scoop and rolled treble to 5 because your Strat's single coils are brighter and thinner than Syn's Invader humbuckers. Using the neck pickup with tone at 7 fattens the single coil to approximate humbucker warmth. Without a distortion pedal, this is the closest the Champion can get, but acquiring a DS-1 or RAT is the real solution.

PRO TIPFor the singing lead sustain Syn gets, face your amp and stand close—single coils can achieve feedback-assisted sustain at bedroom volumes if you angle the guitar's pickup toward the speaker cone. Also, use your pinky to lightly touch harmonics at the 5th fret area while bending for that vocal quality.

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