Metalcore2003Waking the Fallen
Unholy Confessions Amp Settings
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Original Recording Settings
Well-SourcedResearched tone data for "Unholy Confessions" by Avenged Sevenfold
Original Gear
- Guitar
- Schecter Scorpion (Synyster Gates leads/solos) / Epiphone Les Paul Jr. Special (Zacky Vengeance)
- Pickups
- Stock Schecter humbuckers (Gates) / Stock Epiphone humbuckers (Vengeance) (bridge (primary rhythm))
- Amplifier
- Bogner Uberschall / Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Channel
- High-gain channel
- Tuning
- Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
- Pickup Selector
- bridge
From Fred Archambault's vault (Synner.com): 'This amp is a large part of their sound, and is blended in to some capacity on each album. This is a very early revision made by Reinhold Bogner.' Both guitarists used Dual Rectifiers during this era.
Amp Settings
Gain
8.0
Bass
6.0
Mid
4.0
Treble
7.0
Presence
6.0
Master Volume
5.0
Volume
6.0
No published Waking the Fallen knob-by-knob settings. Estimated for tight modern high gain with moderate-to-scooped mids for galloping metalcore riffs.
Effects Chain
No effects - straight into the amp
Playing Technique
Dual guitar harmonies, pedal-point riffs, galloping palm-muted alternating picking. Drop D allows heavier open-string pedal tones. Tight, palm-muted alternate picking for fast metalcore riffs.
Sources+
- Synner.com (Fred Archambault vault, Jun 25, 2021 — primary): Bogner Uberschall confirmed, Schecter Scorpion on Waking the Fallen leads/solos.
- Ultimate Guitar, Songsterr, Cifra Club: Drop D tuning confirmed across multiple tab sources.
- Equipboard (Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance): gear profiles.
- MusicRadar (May 30, 2017): Zacky Vengeance Schecter and instrument continuity.
- UberProAudio: additional gear context.
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