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Unholy Confessions amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Unholy Confessions”, dialed in for a M-Vave Blackbox with a Thomson ST-1. Live iconic version (Waking the Fallen era / live tours), main intro and verse rhythm riff

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier / Bogner Uberschall + Marshall 4x12 cab, Schecter Synyster Gates Custom / S-1 with bridge humbuckers, TS9 Tube Screamer clean boost

Aggressive, tight metalcore crunch with pronounced upper-mid bite and tight low-end tracking

Amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

CHANNELM-Vave High Gain / US Modern (Rectifier or 5150 model) + 4x12 V30 IRBRIGHToffBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive Block (TS-style Clean Boost)

Inside M-Vave Blackbox before the amp block to tighten the low-end gallop

Gain 1 · Tone 7 · Level 8

02Noise Gate Block

Essential for stopping feedback and keeping the muted 16th-note gallops razor sharp

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The Thomson ST-1 typically has lower-output single coils or standard budget ceramic pickups, so pushing the mid and treble slightly compensates for lost bite compared to Synyster's high-output humbuckers. Using the onboard TS-style boost in the Blackbox tightens the flubby low end on high-gain models so the iconic opening riff stays clear and punchy. Keep the master dry without ambient reverb to preserve live rhythmic precision.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute firmly across the bridge saddle and pick sharply with a heavy gauge pick to give the alternate-picked 16th-note gallops maximum percussive attack.

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