amplitube 5 avenged sevenfold

While you don’t strictly need a signature Schecter to get an Avenged Sevenfold tone in AmpliTube 5, you will need a guitar with high-output humbuckers to push the virtual front end hard enough. 2. Stompboxes: Pushing the Front End

Avenged Sevenfold (A7X) has defined modern heavy metal with its blend of intricate dual-guitar harmonies, blistering thrash-inspired riffs, and soaring, melodic solos. Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance, the architects of this sonic landscape, are known for their meticulous approach to tone, largely relying on high-gain Mesa/Boogie amplifiers.

Choose the Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (found in the AmpliTube Mesa/Boogie collection) or the German Gain (based on an Engl Powerball). Set the amp to the Lead channel. Amp Settings:

Furthermore, AmpliTube’s modular "gear model" approach mirrors how A7X actually records. You aren't stuck with one amp. You can build a chain that uses a Bogner Uberschall for rhythm and a modded Marshall for leads, all within one interface.

requires a tight high-gain amplifier, precise mid-range equalization, and strategic effects positioning. By utilizing IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5

For decades, chasing that sound meant owning a wall of amplifiers: the high-gain European beasts (Mesa/Boogie, Bogner, ENGL) and the precise digital effects that define the A7X rhythm and lead tones. That was until IK Multimedia’s changed the game.

Production techniques A7X commonly use that AmpliTube 5 supports

In AmpliTube 5, head to the Stomp section and grab the or the classic Overdrive 1 (a Tube Screamer model). Set your parameters like this: Drive / Gain:

To capture the Avenged Sevenfold sound, you should focus on models that simulate high-gain British and American heads: MESA/Boogie 90s Dual Rectifier Head Guitar Center Perfect for their thick, aggressive rhythm tracks. Used Bogner Uberschall Distortion Effect Pedal Musicians Friend

Load up AmpliTube 5, build the "Nightmare" chain above, and crank your monitors. Bat Country awaits.