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Unholy Confessions amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 2

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Unholy Confessions”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 2 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Main riff and harmonized theme, Waking the Fallen (2003)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom / Parker Fly Deluxe (bridge humbucker) into Mesa Dual Rectifier / Bogner high-gain tube head

Aggressive, tight early-2000s metalcore rhythm crunch with punchy palm-muted low end and crisp pick attack

Amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 2

CHANNELTreadplate amp model (Mesa Dual Rectifier emulation)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Tube Drive block (Screamer emulation)

Engage in front of the Treadplate amp model to tighten the single-coil low end and add pick-attack bite

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Onboard Noise Gate block

Essential to keep palm-muted chugs tight and stop single-coil hum between stops

Threshold 6 · Decay 2

Why these settings

The Spark 2 uses the 'Treadplate' high-gain model to deliver the signature early-2000s metalcore scoop and saturation. To compensate for the Player Strat's single-coil bridge pickup lacking humbucker output and low-end girth, use the onboard Screamer boost with Drive at 0 and Level pushed to tighten the transient attack. Rolling the guitar's bridge tone down to 8 shaves the piercing 6kHz single-coil icepick while retaining cutting aggression.

PRO TIPPick aggressively with a heavy, sharp plectrum (1.5mm+) right next to the bridge saddles, keeping your palm firmly anchored on the low E string to get the sharp, percussive chug of the opening riff.

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