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Riff Tone
Thick and Thin
Avenged Sevenfold
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarSchecter Synyster Gates Custom
AmpSchecter Hellwin USA 100
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2003 (Waking the Fallen album). Guitar and amp confirmed by artist interviews for this era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this track's riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate note separationmodern metal clarityslightly scooped midscrisp treble edgecontrolled feedbackpunchy low endfocused attack
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with complex rhythm patterns typical of early 2000s metalcore.
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Original Gear
GuitarSchecter Synyster Gates Custom
AmpSchecter Hellwin USA 100
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2003 (Waking the Fallen album). Guitar and amp confirmed by artist interviews for this era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this track's riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate note separationmodern metal clarityslightly scooped midscrisp treble edgecontrolled feedbackpunchy low endfocused attack
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with complex rhythm patterns typical of early 2000s metalcore.