Friday, September 30, 2011

How To Sound Like Marty Friedman Megadeth


2003 Intreview Marty Friedman was asked how he got his tone

Would you share your EQ setting for your amplifier? What are the positions of the bass, mid, treble etc. These are what interest the young guitarists here and all over the world I guess.( just an approximate setting )
I have no idea! Tone comes strictly from the hands, so at whatever setting I may be set at, I sound pretty much the same. Even on other people's gear, I wind up sounding the same. I can tell you that I like to play loud because you get a lot of good sustain and tone that way. 



Guitars
- Paul Reed Smith guitars (listed as an artist on PRS)
- In his Cacophony days, Carvin guitars, mainly a V220M model. Also used Carvin on his first solo recording, Dragon Kiss.
- Jackson Guitars (stopped using them in 2000 when Fender bought Jackson)
- Jackson Kelly (he made this model famous and had his own signature KE1 guitar model)
Jackson KE2 Kelly USA Electric Guitar Black 
- more recently using Ibanez Guitars (has a singature model available in Japan)
- Ibanez Marty Friedman Model ( Ibanez MFM-1 signature guitar, which is basically an SZ model with stars on the frets and body)
- Gretsch Chet
- Fender Stratocaster
Fender American Vintage  57 Stratocaster Electric Guitar 2-Tone Sunburst 
- Dean guitar
Dean ML79 Electric Guitar Silverburst 
- Ibanez Iceman
- Ovation (various models) acoustic guitars
- Seymour Duncan/Ibanez pickups
- Fender Precision bass
Fender American Precision Bass Butterscotch Blonde Rosewood Fretboard 

Amps and Cabinets
- Bogner amps during Megadeth days (this is debated which model exactly)
- CAE 3+ Preamps and VHT 2150 power amps (older days)
- Crate Blue Voodoo tube amplifiers (BV120HB)
Crate Blue Voodoo BV120HB Guitar Amp Head 
- Crate 4x12 cabinets (BV412RV)
- ENGL amplifiers Special Edition heads (recent)
Engl Special Edition 100W Guitar Amp Head 
- ENGL Vintage cabinets from ENGL
Engl Pro XXL 240W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet 
- Ampeg SVT Bass amp
Ampeg SVT-4 PRO Series Bass Head 
- Various Marshall amps
Marshall JCM2000 Dual Super Lead 100 Head 


Effects and more
- Samson Concert Series Wireless
- Planet Waves Cords
Planet Waves Circuit Breaker 1/4 
- Future Sonics ear monitors
- Boss GS-10 (has been discontinued)
- Boss GT-6
- Boss GT-8
Boss GT-8 Guitar Multi Effects Processor 
- MAXON AF-9 Auto Filter
Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter 
- Boss DD-5
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Guitar Effects Pedal 
- Sansamp GT2
Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 Tube Amp Emulator 
- Sansamp Acoustic DI
- E/H Zipper envelope filter
- Roland VG 88 (VG99 pictured below)
Roland VG-99 V-Guitar Multi Effects Processor System 
- Fractal Audio Axe-FX Ultra



Strings and Picks
- D'Addario 010-.046  and .10 - .52 gauge strings
D'Addario EXL110 Nickel Regular Light Electric Guitar Strings Single 
- Pickboy Picks

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