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unholy confessions amp settings — Positive Grid Spark MINI

The avenged sevenfold guitar tone for “unholy confessions”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark MINI with a Fender Vintera 50s Telecaster. Studio version, Waking the Fallen (2003) - Main iconic rhythm and intro riff

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier & Bogner Uberschall into 4x12 cabs, 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 — Positive Grid Spark MINI

CHANNELTreadPlate (Mesa Dual Rectifier model) in Spark appBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss OD-3 OverDrive

Used as a clean boost in front of the Spark MINI to tighten the low end and sharpen the attack

Level 8 · Tone 5 · Drive 1

Why these settings

The Spark MINI TreadPlate model delivers the scooped, aggressive Dual Rectifier voicing of the original recording. Since a single-coil Telecaster is naturally thinner and brighter than the album's dual-humbucker guitars, the OD-3 is set with low drive and high level to push mid-focus into the front end, while the Tele's tone knob is backed off to 8 to tame harsh ice-pick highs. The Spark MINI physical panel has no dedicated presence knob, so top-end clarity is balanced entirely via the treble control.

PRO TIPDrop tune the low E string to D (Drop D tuning) and dig in heavily with a heavy gauge pick (1.0mm+) right near the bridge to get the signature aggressive metalcore chug attack.

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