Gear used on early A7X albums: The vault of Fred Archambault

[Awex Came]

Oh, man, it's so nice of you to post these gems! Thank you so much!
Fred has a personal A7X museum, and this is so cool! Hahaha
I would love if the livestream with him would happen! The Q&A idea is brilliant. We need to make this happen!
Can't wait to see more!

No problem! Fred's place is great, lots of cool things there. Hopefully he'll be on here one way or another soon enough

 

[Awex Came]

There's actually also a custom one that's hardtail:

Shopping

www.schecterguitars.com

But I think those models makes sense. Floyd Rose can be a hassle for some more beginners and so having a models that's affordable but is still a signature model is great.

The custom is also great for some who just don't like floyd rose but still want the model. It's also great for some more standard studio use. Syn's signature guitars are fantastic!

I thought there was a custom with a hardtail, I literally googled "Synyster Gates Custom Hardtail" and the first link to come up was the standard with hardtail -_-

If I find a used one for sale for the right price, I'd probably snag one with a hardtail just for the convenience and being able change tunings fast

 

[Ezequiel Romanko]

This is so cool, i love watching Fred interviews and read about a7x history. Thank you for sharing this with us

 

[Brian Haner Sr.]

Great stuff, AC! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Awex Came]

Great stuff, AC! Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome!

 

[Denver Williams]

Thanks for all the great info! It would be awesome to ask him what amps and gear where used on COE. That guitar tone is so unique!

 

[Awex Came]

Thanks for all the great info! It would be awesome to ask him what amps and gear where used on COE. That guitar tone is so unique!

CoE was a blend of mostly a Bogner Uberschall, a custom Bogner, and a Mesa Dual Rectifier. As for guitars, I think they had just gotten their Schecter endorsement, plus the producers already had some Schecters by then so I'm guessing it was largely Schecters plus whatever else they had laying around.

 

[William B.]

I was late I remembered Bogner and a Compressor

 

[Denver Williams]

CoE was a blend of mostly a Bogner Uberschall, a custom Bogner, and a Mesa Dual Rectifier. As for guitars, I think they had just gotten their Schecter endorsement, plus the producers already had some Schecters by then so I'm guessing it was largely Schecters plus whatever else they had laying aroun

Cool to know, I knew it couldnt have been just the bogner because there was a strange high mid thing going on in the mix that i could only replicate with a rectifier. How about the Self atitled Album? Im guessing just the Bogners and maybe a marshall jvm or 800

 

[Awex Came]

Cool to know, I knew it couldnt have been just the bogner because there was a strange high mid thing going on in the mix that i could only replicate with a rectifier. How about the Self atitled Album? Im guessing just the Bogners and maybe a marshall jvm or 800

Here's a write up I did about the amps used on each album, with some supporting documentation

Synyster Gates Ideal Amp Settings

Hello everyone, I'm here posting just the ideal amp settings for a typical A7x song ranging from gain, mid, treble, bass, presence, master volume, pedals, reverbs, eq graphics. Everything. If anyone has obtained an identical sound from any album whatsoever, I'd love to hear about it.

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