Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2005 album City of Evil.
Music from City of Evil
Artists on City of Evil
Gear Used On City of Evil
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil (2005). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Synyster Gates
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Amplifiers used by Synyster Gates on City of Evil
Bogner Uberschall 120-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head
Avg price: $2,000.00
Avenged Sevenfold All Excess DVD Synyster Gates shows his rig. Ideal for 'City of Evil' or the 'Avenged Sevefold' album tones as this amp can also be seen in the Avenged Sevenfold album making of as well as glimpses of it on in the Live in the LBC DVD.
Guitars used by Synyster Gates on City of Evil
Schecter City Of Evil C-1 FR Reissue
Synyster gates also used a Schecter C-1 FR on the recording and tour for thier album (and the following tour) city of evil. It was given to him by Scechter after he tried signing on to their roster, but they were too full at the time. He was given his first signature guitar within a year of this. In 2016, Schecter decided to make a very small and limited run of his white C1 FR. There were only 100 that were ever made.
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Avg price: $3,119.17
In a behind the scenes video taken in the 'city of evil' days (2005), Syn can be seen at the end of this video @7:14 playing and allegedly recording the clean guitars in Bat country, using this Gibson ES-335 Dot.
Synyster Gates Beast and The Harlot/
at 1:37 he can be seen holding it in the beast and the harlot video he has red seymour duncan invaders but when schecter started producing the model they put his signature seymour duncan invaders.
Schecter C-1 FR "City of Evil"
Avg price: $2,499.00
In 2005, Synyster Gates primarily used the Schecter C-1 FR "City of Evil" guitar, which was later reissued as a signed edition. He also owned a black version of this guitar, as shown in the image from Pinimg.
The Rev
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Drum Sets used by The Rev on City of Evil
The Rev used a 7-piece Pork Pie 1991 USA Custom Drum Kit with dimensions of 22×18 bass drum, 8×7, 10×8, 12×9, 14×11, 16×14 toms (all on racks), and a 9-ply 14×6 snare on the "City of Evil" album. This kit can be seen in use on tracks such as "Beast and the Harlot," "Bat Country," and "M.I.A." from the album. Evidence of this can be found in YouTube videos like "Recording City of Evil Pt.1" and Avenged Sevenfold's breakdown series on "Beast and the Harlot." The Rev also used a DW kit on the album, but the Pork Pie snare is still being used.
Cymbals used by The Rev on City of Evil
Sabian 18" AA Metal X China Cymbal
Avg price: $107.64
The Rev used a Sabian AA Metal-X Chinese 18" cymbal as his second china on Avenged Sevenfold's "City of Evil" album, as evidenced by an image on Equipboard.
Zacky Vengeance
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Guitars used by Zacky Vengeance on City of Evil
Schecter Gynecologist (Zacky Vengeance)
"The Gynecologist" was a guitar Zacky Vengeance used in the 'Beast And The Harlot' music video. He also used this guitar in 2006 while on the 'City of Evil' tour. The Gynecologist is a Schecter S-1 Elite Custom model that is EXTREMELY rare. The guitar is not available through Schecter. Only two have been produced and Zacky has both of them.
The guitar's body is solid mohogany and has a 3-pc mohagany set neck, a rosewood neck board and black binding. The fretboard has 22 Jumbo frets and a thin C shape neck. It has a clear white non glossy finish, red blood splatters and a clear coat finish to top it off.
The components consist of black Grover tuners, Seymour Duncan Invaders (or JBs) and a Tonepros string thru-body bridge. There is one volume knob, two tone knobs, a three-way selector switch and push-pull coil splitting.
Apparently Zacky still has this guitar in his home, in a special room called his guitar throne room.