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Unholy Confessions amp settings — EVH 5150 Iconic 80W

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Unholy Confessions”, dialed in for a EVH 5150 Iconic 80W with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, Waking the Fallen (2003)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier / Bogner Uberschall mix, Schecter/Gibson guitars with high-output humbuckers (Seymour Duncan Invader / SH-4 JB), Boss NS-2 / TS-style boost

Aggressive early-2000s metalcore crunch with tight low-end chug and bite in the upper mids

Amp settings — EVH 5150 Iconic 80W

CHANNELRed / Lead Channel (Burn mode)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808

Used as a clean boost into the high-gain channel to tighten low-end tracking for fast riffing

Overdrive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 9

02Boss GE-7 Equalizer

In front after TS808 or in FX loop to push the 1.6kHz attack and cut sub-bass flub

100Hz 4 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 5 · 800Hz 6 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5 · Level 5

Why these settings

The EVH 5150 Iconic naturally saturates heavily, so keeping amp gain at 6 prevents modern fuzz and preserves articulation. Using the TS808 as a clean boost (Drive at 0, Level high) cuts sub-bass flub before the preamp, while pushing mids slightly compensates for the SG Standard's warmth vs Synyster Gates' bright Invader pickups. Set the Iconic's Resonance knob around 5-6 to maintain low-end thump without loosening palm-muted chugs.

PRO TIPAnchor the heel of your picking hand directly against the bridge saddles for the main riff's alternate-picked pedal point, applying firm palm-muting only to the low D string while letting the harmonized intervals ring open with a sharp, percussive downstroke.

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