Friday 30 September 2011

How To Sound Like Marty Friedman Megadeth (South Shields Guitar Lessons)

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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How To Sound Like Richie Sambora (South Shields Guitar Lessons)

Amp Settings
gain10,

bass7,
contour9,
treble10.
Guitars
- The new ESP Richie Sambora SA-2 guitar (Thankfully pointed out by user Thebiz)
- A large variety of Fender stratocasters
- Fender Telecaster doubleneck guitar
- custom "Sambora" guitars built by Richie Sambora's guitar tech Chris "Lumpy" Hofschneider
- Zemaitis Guitars
- Floyd Rose guitars
- vintage and custom shop Gibson guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard sunburst
Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded '50s Neck Heritage Cherry Sunburst Nickel Hardware 
- Gibson Les Paul goldtop
Gibson Custom Shop 57 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Gold 
- Gibson Flying V (appears to be Korina, in "Everyday" video)
- Gibson ES-335
Gibson Custom ES-335 Satin Finish Electric Guitar Faded Cherry
- '51 Fender Telecaster
Fender American Vintage Series '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde 
- Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Stratocaster
Fender Artist Series Eric Clapton Stratocaster Electric Guitar Black 
- Fender "NoCaster"
Fender 51 Nocaster NOS Electric Guitar Vintage Blonde 
- Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom
Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar Natural 
- Charvel Stratocaster
- Ovation acoustics (various models, including a double and triple neck)
Ovation 1771 LX Standard Balladeer Acoustic-Electric Guitar Cherry Cherryburst 
- Gretsch guitars
Gretsch Guitars G6120-1959 Chet Atkins Hollow Body Electric Guitar Western Maple Stain 
- Taylor RSSM Sambora model acoustic
- Taylor doubleneck acoustic
- Martin Sambora 6 and 12 strings (click below to checkout the 6 string)
Martin OMC-41 Richie Sambora Acoustic-Electric Guitar Sunburst 

- Martin 000-42
Martin 000-42 Acoustic Guitar 
- Guild F-50 12-string
Guild F512 Vintage Jumbo 12-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural
- Gibson SG Junior (white)


Amplifiers and Cabinets
- Marshall JCM2000 DSL series amps
Marshall DSL100MLB and MC412 Full Stack 
- Marshall JCM800 2203 heads
Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage Series 100W Tube Head 
- Marshall 4x12" speaker cabinets
Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Angled 
- Fender ToneMaster amps
Fender Mini Tone-Master Amp 
- Fender ToneMaster 4x12" speaker cabinets
- Fender Bassman 4x10" combo
Fender 59 Bassman 
- Fender SuperTwin (pictured below is a regular Twin)
Fender Twin Amp 100-Watt All-Tube Guitar Amp 

- Vox AC30
Vox Custom Classic AC30CC2X 30w 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp with Alnico Blues 
- VHT Pitbull
VHT G-100-UL Pittbull Ultra-Lead Head 
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Hughes & Kettner amp
Hughes & Kettner Triamp MK II Tube Guitar Amplifier Head 

- Diezel Herbert amps
- Divided by 13 amplification (they make custom amps)
- Matchless amps
- Bogner Ecstasy
- Custom made 4x12 cabinets

Effects and more
- MIDI floor controller
- Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Boss SUPER OverDrive SD-1 Pedal 
- Talk Box
Dunlop Heil Talk Box 
- Fulltone Choral Flange
- Dunlop Crybaby
Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal 
- Vox wah pedal
Vox V847 Wah-Wah Pedal 
- A/B switcher (try the ART switcher below for a low-cost switcher)
ART CoolSWITCH A/B-Y Box 
- Dunlop Rack-Wah
Dunlop Crybaby Rack Wah 
- T.C. Electronics 1210 Spatial Expander/Stereo-Chorus Flanger
- Eventide H-3000 Harmonizer
Eventide H7600 Ultra-Harmonizer Effects Processor 
- Shure SM-57 Microphones
Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Mic 

MXR Dynacomp (modified?)
MXR M-102 Dyna Comp Compressor Pedal 
- Klon Centaur pedal

In 2010 Richie had a guitar rack made for him. The following gear appeared to be in it.
This rack may be mainly used for studio recording (and another rack for live):

- 2 RJM Effect Gizmo's
- Custom Suhr amp switcher
- BAE mic pre
- VHT Power Amp
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power AC and 2 Plus
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply

- Furman Power Rack unit
- Lexicon PCM42 (x2)
- Eventide Eclipse V4 Rack unit
Eventide Eclipse Multi Effects Processor

- Empirical Labs Distressor
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Audio Compressor

- A Designs 500HR Rack with two modules
- Tone Freak Effects Abunai 2 pedal
- Tone Freak Effects Naked OD
- Tone Freak Effects Mello Tremo
- BBE Soul Vibe pedal
BBE Soul Vibe Pedal

- Analog Man Octron pedal
- Hermida Zendrive pedal
- Boss OD-1 Overdrive pedal
- Hartman Compressor pedal
- Retro-sonic Vintage Vibes Chorus pedal
- Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter
Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter

- MXR Phase 90 Script logo pedal
MXR CSP-101CL Custom Shop Script Phase 90 with LED Phaser Pedal

- MXR EVH Flanger pedal
MXR EVH-117 Eddie Van Halen Flanger
- Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
Electro-Harmonix XO micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator Guitar Effects Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man pedal
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man XO Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Axess Electronics Midi Controller board
- Ernie Ball pedal
- Moollon Wah pedal (Korean made pedal)
- Boss Chromatic Tuner pedal
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner





Strings and picks
- D'Addario Strings: EXP15, EXP38, EXL110, EXL115, EPS510, EPS540  (Sambora is listed on their site)
D'Addario EXL110 Nickel Light Electric Guitar Strings Single-Pack
- GHS Strings (Sambora is listed on their site) .009 strings in the studio and gauge .010 strings live
GHS GBXL Boomers Extra Light Electric Guitar Strings
- D'Andrea 351 .71mm Black Celluloid picks
D'Andrea 351 Vintage Celluloid Guitar Picks One Dozen Shell .71MM 


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