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Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God - Guitar Tab

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About Dear God

Dear God by Avenged Sevenfold is a country rock track that closes their self-titled fourth studio album. Released as the fourth single, it showcases the band's ability to blend heavy metal with country influences, making it an interesting study in genre crossover for electric guitarists exploring textured rhythm and melody work.

  • Country rock fusion within a heavy metal context offers unique chord voicing and rhythmic phrasing challenges.
  • As the album's closing track, it demonstrates dynamic song structure and arrangement techniques worth analyzing.
  • The genre blend requires understanding both metal intensity and country melodic sensibilities on electric guitar.

How to Play Dear God

Tuning: Eb Standard · Key: G minor · Tempo: 120 BPM

It is played in Eb standard, a half step down, so tune down before you start or every position and bend will sit a half step sharp against the recording.

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 120 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Marshall JCM800
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Marshall JCM800

Zacky Vengeance pairs the JCM800 with his Schecter for a grittier, more classic crunch on rhythm duties, cutting through the mix with natural breakup without relying solely on high-gain saturation.

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Dunlop Cry Baby Wah

Synyster Gates uses this wah to add expressive dynamics to his lead passages, allowing him to shape the midrange of his high-output bridge pickup for singing, vocal-like solo tones.

ISP Decimator Noise Gate
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ISP Decimator Noise Gate

The ISP Decimator tames the high-gain hum inherent to Avenged Sevenfold's aggressive drop-tuned rhythms and sustain-heavy leads, keeping the signal clean without sacrificing the thick distortion tone.

MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay
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MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay

Synyster Gates deploys this analog delay to add ambience and spaciousness to his solos, complementing his Sustainiac-driven feedback passages with lush, tape-like modulation for dynamic lead work.

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