Preset Guitar Rig 5 Avenged Sevenfold

While there is no official "Avenged Sevenfold" license pack for Guitar Rig 5, the most downloaded community patches share a specific signal chain. Here is what you would typically find inside a well-rated preset:

1. The Noise Gate (Input) Synyster plays fast, complex riffs (e.g., "Beast and the Harlot"). Without a gate at the front, GR5’s high-gain models get muddy. The Transparent Gate is usually set to around 11 o’clock.

2. The Amp Model: "Gratifier" (Lead) The secret sauce. The Gratifier (a Marshall JCM800 simulator on steroids) is the most common choice. However, to get that Bogner "crunch," users stack two gratifiers in parallel: preset guitar rig 5 avenged sevenfold

3. The Cab Simulator: "Control Room" (XXL 4x12) This is where most presets fail. Stock cabs sound digital. An accurate A7X patch uses the Control Room with a custom impulse response (IR) loaded via a third-party loader (like NadIR). Without an outside IR of a Mesa Oversized 4x12, you are fighting an uphill battle.

4. The Effects Chain for Leads

Avenged Sevenfold’s sound evolved. Here are three specific preset guitar rig 5 avenged sevenfold configurations for different albums.

Instructions:

<NG5_File type="preset" version="1">
<info name="A7X Heavy Metal" author="User" category="Metal"/>
<module id="rack" type="RackContainer">
  <module id="noise_gate" type="NoiseGate">
    <param name="Threshold" value="-45.0"/>
    <param name="Attack" value="0.5"/>
    <param name="Release" value="50.0"/>
  </module>
  <module id="eq_pre" type="EQ">
    <param name="Low Gain" value="-2.0"/>
    <param name="Mid Gain" value="-3.0"/>
    <param name="Mid Freq" value="800.0"/>
    <param name="High Gain" value="1.0"/>
  </module>
  <module id="amp" type="Van 51">
    <param name="Lead/Rhythm" value="1.0"/>
    <param name="Gain" value="8.0"/>
    <param name="Bass" value="5.5"/>
    <param name="Mid" value="3.0"/>
    <param name="Treble" value="7.5"/>
    <param name="Presence" value="6.0"/>
    <param name="Resonance" value="5.0"/>
    <param name="Master" value="5.0"/>
  </module>
  <module id="cab" type="Matched Cabinet">
    <param name="Cabinet" value="4x12 Dual Rectifier"/>
    <param name="Mic" value="Dynamic 57"/>
    <param name="Mic Position" value="Center"/>
  </module>
  <module id="eq_post" type="EQ">
    <param name="Low Gain" value="2.0"/>
    <param name="High Gain" value="2.5"/>
    <param name="High Freq" value="5000.0"/>
  </module>
  <module id="delay" type="TapeEcho">
    <param name="Time" value="300.0"/>
    <param name="Feedback" value="30.0"/>
    <param name="Mix" value="15.0"/>
    <param name="HiCut" value="4000.0"/>
  </module>
  <module id="reverb" type="SpringReverb">
    <param name="Size" value="Small"/>
    <param name="Decay" value="1.2"/>
    <param name="Mix" value="10.0"/>
  </module>
  <module id="limiter" type="Limiter">
    <param name="Threshold" value="0.0"/>
    <param name="Release" value="Auto"/>
  </module>
</module>
</NG5_File>

(Note: If Guitar Rig gives an error importing this, it is because version numbers differ. In that case, follow Option 2 below which is manual but guaranteed to work.)

Do not skip this. Amp sims fail without proper cab simulation. While there is no official "Avenged Sevenfold" license

If you are determined to use GR5 for your A7X tribute band or home recording, here is your roadmap: