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Unholy Confessions amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Unholy Confessions”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Schecter Omen 6. Studio version, Waking the Fallen (2003) - Main iconic rhythm and intro riff

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier & Bogner Uberschall, Gibson Les Paul Custom / Schecter S-1 with high-output bridge humbuckers

Aggressive early-2000s metalcore crunch with tight low-end, punchy upper mids, and sharp pick attack

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELLead (or Brown)BOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Booster (Tube Screamer style)

Engage the Katana's built-in green Booster (TS-style) in front of the Lead channel to tighten the low end

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII lacks a physical presence control, so upper-end bite is shaped directly via the treble knob and the onboard booster. Using the Lead amp type with the onboard green booster (TS-style) replicates the tight, tracking attack of Synyster Gates' Mesa and Bogner high-gain blend without getting flubby. Your Schecter Omen 6's passive humbuckers deliver enough output to hit the front-end saturation accurately at gain 6.

PRO TIPDrop tune to Drop D and dig hard with a heavy pick (1.0mm+) close to the bridge saddle to nail the percussive, articulate chug of the opening riff.

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