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Unholy confessions amp settings — Neural DSP Quad Cortex

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Unholy confessions”, dialed in for a Neural DSP Quad Cortex with a ESP Eclipse II. Studio version, Waking the Fallen (2003)

Original rig

Bogner Uberschall head, Gibson Les Paul Custom with humbuckers, MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver, minimal studio reverb

Tight aggressive metalcore rhythm with scooped mids, chunky low end, crisp articulate high-gain saturation, percussive pick attack

Amp settings — Neural DSP Quad Cortex

CHANNELBogner Uberschall model (or closest: Uber/Revv Generator 120/high-gain Soldano-style)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boost block (Precision Boost or similar clean boost)

Place before amp block to push the front end for tighter attack and sustain, not for added dirt

Level 6 · Gain 0

02Noise Gate block

After boost, before amp block — essential for tight palm-muted chugs without string noise bleeding through

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

Why these settings

Your ESP Eclipse II humbuckers match the Les Paul Custom output well so no gain compensation needed. The Quad Cortex Uberschall model nails this tone directly — keep mids scooped at 4 for that signature metalcore chunk while treble at 7 and presence at 6 maintain pick articulation. Gain at 7 is plenty for this saturated but defined sound.

PRO TIPUse a tight high-pass filter around 80Hz on the amp block's cab section to eliminate low-end mud and keep the Drop D palm mutes punchy and percussive like the album mix.

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