Sound Like Avenged Sevenfold | Without Busting the Bank!

[@johnwardle9667]

How was there no DIGITAL JOHN graphic when DIGITAL JOHN said 'I'm gonna GO DIGITAL!!'

[@BearBrush]

I too came here to ask why we didn't get a "DIGITAL JOHN"!

[@andertons]

This was GREAT!! Well done Digi John & Djenty Ben. Cheers, Lee

[@fluffytoaster427]

Huge kudos to Ben and John for keeping this series alive. They're doing a fantastic job.

[@terogates1]

We need a trivium edition of this!!!

[@Return2TheLiving]

Trivium now has a plugin with AmpKnob, if that’s a sound you want it can be very easily had with 0 effort and not much money. Matt uses his signature Fishman Fluence pickups and Corey uses his signature Seymour Duncan pickups. Matt uses a Gibson scale length guitar with .10-52s and Corey I’m not sure off hand.

[@DatMetalBoi75]

​@@Return2TheLivingHe uses a Jackson King v with a 25.5 scale length

[@terogates1]

@@Return2TheLiving oh yeah that’s true I’m debating getting those actually I forgot about that it was like back in March right? I have Matt’s 7 string already but the old model wothout the fishmans just the regular emgs ( love that thing btw so much fun to play their songs on it) I heard everyone say it’s heavy so when I got it I was like… this weighs less than the schecter syn custom lmao that and I am like 6’1 so I’m a big guy with big hands too that’s could be why it feels light for me( Matt’s taller than me I think at 6’3)

[@terogates1]

@@DatMetalBoi75 I wanna get a corey 6 string since I have Matt’s 7 ( to have one with a floyd that’s only for trivium stuff)

[@johnconnearnmusic]

My fav band of all time - had a great time doing this 🦇❤

[@benelmer422]

Absolutely loved doing this, 10/10 fanboy'd hard at download on sunday haha

[@xXpapercutsXx]

Did I miss it or what speakers was your rig running into?

[@ChandraKanth7]

My favourite band too, got to see them live last year!!

[@lorcanrowley133]

Never would have picked that

[@sahrodzaman1417]

Thanks!!❤

[@PoliBoneless]

I dont know how many years I've been waiting this video hahahahaha. Thanks for this🔥🔥

[@Skyrus007]

Me more than 10 years. 😂

[@Fail7515]

Please bring back the tag/title/subtitle to mention what song is being played. Excellent playing.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Coincidently I thought about these series yesterday and wondered whether Matt still works at/with Andertons. Fond memories.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

Matt and Rabea had a good run with these. So many great videos.

[@mobeus84]

Matt works for chapman in r&d i believe.

[@ninjaboy201090]

@@mobeus84 Matt was co-owner. director and head of chapman guitars, think he resigned a few years ago.

[@lewismaclean8849]

Another amazing video. Would love to see both a version of this video by busting the bank, and my favourite band in sort of the same genre as A7X which is Trivium, both by and withou tbusting the bank.

[@terogates1]

Yes please a trivium one for sure!!!

[@lewismaclean8849]

@@terogates1 What's your favourite album from Trivium? I just discovered the band during the pandemic, specifically during the as the major Black Lives matter protests. Mine is In Waves. I just listened to the whole thing very recently, and I thinks it's their best front to back piece of work.

[@cgnefarious5785]

Definitely should do a Sound Like Trivium.

[@lewismaclean8849]

@@cgnefarious5785 I'm saying if they did do one, they should do a without and by busting the bank. The without Busting the Bank might be easier to do 6 string Trivium instead.

[@OrenZar]

Missed these kind of videos, thank you for this!

[@Lamz..]

Awesome playing, guys!

[@Stevenewmansa]

Really great playing!

[@chrisgonz19]

City of Evil is a masterpiece of an album! Heard Blinded in Chains on NFS Most Wanted as a kid and that flipped a switch in me!

[@ErikBeckner93]

Hoping they can keep this up. I’ve missed the Sounds like series so much.

[@nazirulakmal9202]

Most awaited! A7X ❤

[@TheNickLavender]

I was looking forward to the "Digital John" graphic lol!

[@Flopster2632]

100% can tell John loves A7X the playing compared to other sounds like was on point!!! Now to dial this tone in on my cortex and go back into the teen years memories!!!

[@ryugakira7706]

I have been waiting for this for so long thanks you guys

[@gohamm8629]

I have that Chapman ML2 Pro we get to stare at for a while in the showroom - it's an insane value and is meant to be drop-tuned. It's my metalcore guitar, and I LOVE it!!

[@ookami692]

Great job lads! And absolutely need more of this series.

[@craigtori9026]

FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for this episode for years! Great job, fellas! Next, how about three days grace, breaking Benjamin, or Chevelle?

[@lewismaclean8849]

I would also love to see drum covers from this channel very soon.

[@hughwphamill]

Many years ago I took a trip to andertons and the Schecter Synister Gates with the suatainiac they had there was the most fun guitar I ever played. I walked away with a reverend and dont regret it, but I still dream about that schecter sometimes!

[@themechanix2311]

OMG 😱 would’ve never thought you would’ve grabbed a Chapman

[@gohamm8629]

Now we are talking!! Would love to see you guys do Kill Switch Engage, Parkway Drive, Ghost, BABYMETAL (the Kami-band, of course, unless you're gonna attempt some Kawaii vocals lol), and Dance Gavin Dance!!!!

[@mdenison2567]

this..... this just makes me so happy. killed it lads

[@notarealperson87]

i still remember when Avenged first came out. pop-punk was the hot rock sound so magazines (yes, magazines) were bending over backwards to paint Avenged Sevenfold as a punk band when they were clearly metal.

[@troyharkcom6441]

THIS WAS AWESOME

[@bencampbell5468]

Damn, it only took about seven years of asking!

[@1969Donovan]

AV7 does have a unique sound to them. I enjoyed their music even though I'm a classic rock guy.

[@fundude365]

I would like to see fewer Katanas show up in cheap gear guides. But I also understand that Katanas are such good value that they're impossible to ignore when a budget is tight. And if the Katana were banned for future gear guides, we'd just see Bugera 22 watt amps with a cheap preamp pedal in future videos.

[@stephonwilliams8890]

Yeah gotta start giving the line 6 catalyst, fender mustang blackstar some love

[@youWoNtLikeMe04]

All right... so how many takes to nail the intro to Nightmare? Great job fellas!!

[@JUSTSOPISSEDOFF]

I've got the Schecter Omen Extreme 7, Fuckin baller guitar. Can't go wrong with them. Even their Diamond Series pickups are wicked hot. Huge Schecter fanboy lol.

[@jasonbates2687]

Awesome Sounds like. A7X is one of my favorite bands of the last 20 years.

[@SanNjig]

That Chapman guitar is bad ass

[@Russell_Optics]

The playing was awesome, especially the synced harmonies. It would be nice to bump the budget a bit to 1200 or 1500 so you had more guitars and amps to choose from. The Katana is a superb value and deserves every bit of its popularity, but we need a way to spread the love and showcase some other gear. Digital John could get a speaker if he had a few hundred more :}

[@jordanpratt3821]

I almost bought the Gates sig guitar when I hadn't been playing for that long (ended up with a Gibson Explorer). Anyway man ide have been fuxked with that floyd rose. No clue what I was almost getting into.

[@ZemzyOseris]

A very good option for the guitar would be a Schecter SVSS. I have one in Blue Reign. I like to think of it as a baby syn custom model 😅. It has a double locking floyd rose, and optional systaniac which mine has, 24 frets, and overall very similar specs and features to a syn custom model.

[@TheGuitarDorkShow]

I love these sounds like videos so much.

[@mayuuii6254]

Please do the Eagles for the next episode!!!❤

[@TheTopGun920]

Almost flipped my desk when he was thinking of not going with Schecter.

[@rich_lifts9190]

You've smashed it fellas

[@MrJoeTC]

Good job guys, spot on sound.

[@ozzyozman1536]

Love this band, great video 🤟

[@mobeus84]

🤘Ml3 Pro Modern Chapman sounded best . That Schec was a bit thin for me. But it couldve been the processing too. But MAN those dudes wailed bro. Hats off from a fellow player.

[@jstephen1]

Sounds pretty spot on, but next time could we get a little demo of each individual rig so we can see how each one sounds by itself?

[@stevenpoltorak9564]

definitely miss rabea and matt, but its nice to see some new faces and passing the torch to these guys.

[@nedludd3641]

Don't you just love it when mellifluous musical magicians take a bog-standard bit of low-budget kit and make it sound like Zack Vengence's Live In Reading? Keel me already

[@IanMcGarr]

White Lies would be an interesting one to do some day.

[@finlaymorrey7236]

BRING BACK SOUND LIKE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[@newmillenniumcyanidechrist4662]

What about sounds like Killswitch engage?

[@sinsofthemartyr]

thank you sirs!

[@glez90metallica]

That valenton sounds nice

[@JoeBaermann]

Would still be busting the bank for a lot of beginning kids, so would be quite interesting how you would chose for those too and still get a sound that gets close.

[@12345cobra100]

Zacky used an sg waaaaayyyyyy back in the day in the sounding the seventh trumpet album

[@codyburgess7034]

Digital John would need a speaker for sure. Maybe headrush frfr would get you there?

[@michellewentworth9862]

You need to do a "Sounds like Nile Rodgers"

[@itsbaekhyun8977]

Love this

[@RaynP]

No better person to this than Sounds Like than the Digital John

[@johnconnearnmusic]

Love ya man ❤

[@cherrycoke106]

Please do Billy Talent and/or The Offspring

[@alexanderjacksonart]

I like the new format of this series but I do miss the bass rigs. Was there generally less interest in the bass side of these Sound Likes?

[@gcleeter2261]

Can there be a sound like the libertines

[@thembonesahh]

is that bandana glued to his head..............maybe he was born with it

[@TheGooseBruce]

Maybe it's Maybelline

[@johnconnearnmusic]

@@TheGooseBruce it is always maybelline

[@MikaTarkela]

@@TheGooseBruce 🤣🤣🤣

[@taxationistheft2.0]

Well i can't sound like ax7 cuz i can't shred like that

[@darienlux4735]

Are there any guitars that can't go drop D????

[@YouZilaTak]

Busting the Bank now!!!!!!!

[@DatMetalBoi75]

Yall should do sound like Exodus without busting the bank

[@lukehenderson436]

It’s been years now, can we get a decision on whether this series is called “Sound Like” or “Sounds Like” please?

[@gracefaithCHRISTscriptureGOD]

Freedom of speech and expression is for all, not just for some

[@TheCoronaMortis]

Bullet For My Valentine next surely?

[@I.M.Guitar-Nerd]

Controversy! i think this is the first multiFX unit used in a Sound Like episode.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

nope, the first multi FX was Muse without busting (hosted by Matt and Rabea) before they did another Multi FX episode in Korn

[@jacobsaldana9661]

FINALLY!!!

[@Langga-hh5jn]

need valeton config

[@ArthurDent33]

Im going Chapman…said no one ever, outside of Andertons

[@gregbeaudry]

Brian Haner Jr. is the most underrated guitarist of all time.

[@honeyfrost3355]

How is he underrated? He is one of the most popular modern metal guitarists ever?

[@nickbradley-sutton9960]

Love the vid but you guys are sat the wrong way round syn is stage left and zacky is stage right

[@widowmaker5544]

Glad you finally did it! can we get a sound like for Joe Bonamassa (BY busting), Jared James Nichols (without busting), Ellegarden or Nothing Is Carved In Stone (without busting), Mr Big or Racer X (without busting), Nita Strauss (without busting), Angel Vivaldi (without busting) Van Halen (BY busting), Nick Johnston (without busting), Steve Vai (without busting), Polyphia (without busting) or Periphery (without busting)

[@WhoAmIWill]

Periphery without is honestly pretty easy if you stick to 6 string. Just about anything hardtail with high output pickups and then something like a Pod Go or HX Stomp

[@Zakkironxmetal2]

👍

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Ok

[@honeyfrost3355]

Matt Hornby no longer works for Andertons or Chapman.

[@ashley_bell]

Could you redo Sound like.. blink-182? ❤

[@KeeperOfPoops]

a BY busting video would be fun, Fender Tom DeLonge stratocaster with a Mesa Boogie/Marshall pairing or maybe Fender Twin/Vox AC30 pairing could work perfectly!

[@korat10]

Day 1243 of asking for Sounds like Steve Vai without busting then bank

[@widowmaker5544]

Ibanez JEM Jr, Marshall MG30, Boss DS1, Ibanez TS9, Vox V845 Wah, NUX Duo Time Delay clocking in at £998 that's my best take

[@LiesThatBind]

If you sound like metallica you sound like them 😅

[@mcbrodz1663]

This series got boring quick, just katanas and chapmans, swear when rabbea was on the show he said he wasn’t gonna do it

[@DoctorFish10]

When did they regularly use Chapman?

[@jimboc669]

They've used Chapman on like 3 out of 40+ episodes. No Katanas allowed but the DSL40C that Matt and Bea used to use literally every other episode gets a pass? Pull your head out of your ass.

[@doctoribanez]

Katana kicks ass for the money. I blaim boss. 😂

[@metalpuppet5798]

Thats because the Katana is a weapon for all kinds of things. Dont fix it if its not broken. And they had literally loads of episodes where they were not allowed a Katana or a Chapman

[@dpround]

Weighing the multi FX against the katana is interesting - that is the reality for many people.

[@trevorD1156]

Put emgs i your guitar, then be unbelievably cheesy and awful. Theyre an terrible band.

[@garyrsingleton]

the lack of a double cutaway for Zacky made me click away

[@christianb393]

Lame. We want Matt and Rebea.

[@honeyfrost3355]

I think this series has gotten a bit boring due to them decreasing the budget by a lot.

[@tippss3332]

Why would anybody want to sound like that crap band!!!!!!!!!

[@JuanMartinez-wb8tk]

I love that we FINALY have a good and steady Sounds Like series. Please, keep it up guys!

[@syedmostaque166]

Big improvement from the 2 who took over after the GOATS Rebea and Matt imo

[@jacobjaeger23]

Been waiting probably 9 years for this video!

[@tjesson92]

Excellent playing both 👏🫡

[@NicuMihai]

I'm glad this series is still going! I'd love to see a new take on Sound like Deftones or Linkin Park

[@tombstone1055]

Avenged were my gateway into metal, and was where I really got into drums. Learning all The Rev's parts really formed my style and view of the drums. As I've got more into guitar I'm having the same experience all over again

[@Matt_Barkley]

Ben and John are always a good pair. Let's see what they come up with today.

[@AllanGildea]

Nice one fellas.

[@DustyThePunk]

I wanted this one for years. Glad to see the Boss Katana still getting love.

[@mattiesinns595]

I’ve been waiting years for this!!!!

[@infelicitas]

Yall remember when Ben wasn't into metal? lol

[@EyesOpen369]

Who in their right mind wants to sound like trash 🗑️😂😂😂😂

[@joeyx53]

Surprised to see no mention of the mesa boogie days or the bogner uberschall