Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2010 album Nightmare.
Music from Nightmare
Gear Used On Nightmare
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare (2010). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
M. Shadows
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Studio Equipment used by M. Shadows on Nightmare
Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor
Avg price: $1,788.10
In the Rock Feed YouTube video titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor is visible in a gear rack behind M. Shadows at the 0:26 mark, where the name of the device can be clearly seen. Further confirmation is provided at 0:38, where the other side of the gear is shown.
Avg price: $4,524.13
In the studio tour video by Rock Feed, titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the TUBE-TECH CL-1B can be clearly seen within a rack gear behind M. Shadows at 0:25. This is further confirmed at 0:35 when the camera angle changes to reveal the other half of the rack.
Microphones used by M. Shadows on Nightmare
Myburgh M1 Tube Condenser Microphone
During the studio tour featured in the Rock Feed YouTube video titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the Myburgh M1 Tube Condenser Microphone is visibly positioned behind M. Shadows.
Johnny Christ
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Bass Guitars used by Johnny Christ on Nightmare
Avg price: $1,285.37
"When I played the P-Basses and Rickenbackers on Nightmare, I felt like that was getting closer to the tone I want to get. I wanted the percussive low end of a StingRay humbucker blended with the classic P-Bass clunk and Rickenbacker growl. For six months, Schecter and I went through six or seven different pickup combinations before finally trying an EMG 81 guitar pickup in the neck position. When we tried it, we knew we had what I was looking for. With a blend knob to roll from one pickup to the next, the bass has a really broad sound, from pianistic clarity to distorted growl. Right up the middle gets the sound I generally want. After 60 years of the electric bass, so much of it is all the same; it’s cool to be pushing some boundaries and trying new things."
Synyster Gates
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Guitars used by Synyster Gates on Nightmare
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom "REV" Guitar
Synyster Gates is seen using this guitar in the music video "So Far Away" as a tribute to their deceased drummer, The Rev. It is also seen being used by him at a private session Master Class (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYJ2i9vzvQ4 )
Zacky Vengeance
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Guitars used by Zacky Vengeance on Nightmare
Avg price: $1,499.00
Zacky Vengeance used this guitar during the "Nightmare" and "Hail to the King" eras. It has not been frequently used by him and has only been seen a couple of times.