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)

 

- 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

 

- Dean guitar

 

- Ibanez Iceman
- Ovation (various models) acoustic guitars
- Seymour Duncan/Ibanez pickups
- Fender Precision bass
 

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 4x12 cabinets (BV412RV)
- ENGL amplifiers Special Edition heads (recent)

 

- ENGL Vintage cabinets from ENGL

 

- Ampeg SVT Bass amp

 

- Various Marshall amps
 

Effects and more
- Samson Concert Series Wireless
- Planet Waves Cords

 

- Future Sonics ear monitors
- Boss GS-10 (has been discontinued)
- Boss GT-6
- Boss GT-8

 

- MAXON AF-9 Auto Filter

 

- Boss DD-5

 

- Sansamp GT2

 

- Sansamp Acoustic DI
- E/H Zipper envelope filter
- Roland VG 88 (VG99 pictured below)

 

- Fractal Audio Axe-FX Ultra



Strings and Picks
- D'Addario 010-.046  and .10 - .52 gauge strings

 

- Pickboy Picks

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How To Sound Like Eddie Van Halen (South Shields Guitar Lessons)

Guitars

- The EVH Wolfgang guitar (Ed put tons of work into making this guitar the perfect guitar for him)

 

- The Frankenstein Guitar

- Charvel Guitars

  

- Kramer Guitars
- Ernie Ball / Musicman Guitars
- Peavy Wolfgang Guitar
- Steinberger TransTrem
- Ibanez Destroyer (originally white. Later modified heavily)
- Fender Strats and Telecasters
- Gbson 1958 Korina wood Flying V

 

- Gibson  6/12 string double neck

 

- Coral Sitar

 

EVH D-Tuna Drop D tuning system

 

Note: You can now buy the Frankenstein pickups

 

Amps and Cabinets

- Marshall 100-watt Super Lead

 

- Soldano SLO-100

 

- Peavey 5150
- Peavey 5150 II
- Peavey 6505 and 6505+ (the newer version of the 5150 after eddie stopped endorsing)

   

- EVH 5150 III amp head

 

- EVH 5150 III 4x12" cabs

 

- Celestion 12" G12EVH Eddie Van Halen Speakers

 

Effects and Rack

- Boss OC-2 Octave

 

- Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive

 

- Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 Midi Foot Controller

- Dunlop Eddie Van Halen Signature Wah (based on Eddie's customized original crybaby)

 

- Dunlop Original CryBaby Wah Pedal

 

- MXR EVH Phase 90 Phaser

 

- MXR EVH-117 Stereo Flanger

 

- MXR Custom Smart Gate Pro

 

- Line 6 Echo Pro
- Peavey Delta Stomp
- Demeter Tremulator
- Custom Audio Electronics Amp Selector / Router
- Eventide H3000/3500 Harmonizer
- H&H V800 Power Amplifier
- Lexicon PCM-70 Reverb

 

- Palmer Speaker Simulator
- Rockman Smart Gate Noise Gate
- Roland SDE-3000 Digital Delay
- Furman Power Conditioner

 

Strings

- very light strings 9-11-15-24-32-40 Ernie Ball made custom 5150 pure nickel sets while Eddie endorsed them

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