Synyster Gates Makes the Switch to the Axe-Fx III - "Pure Expression, from the Ground Up"
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2018
- Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold pushes guitar into the future with the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III.
Get yours at www.fractalaudio.com
We need a Syn solo album.
Dave Martins he’s working on a solo gypsy jazz album
@@leestevens1539 source?
It was all over the Internet after he said it in an interview, I can’t remember which exact one ahah
Yessssssss
@@leestevens1539 Maybe we'll finally get to hear Syn sing lead for the first time when he finishes it. Depends on whether he wants it to be an instrumental album or not.
Reasons to buy an axe fx:
- no worries about changing tubes
- connect to anything
- awesome tone
- no mics and cabs wanted
- easy to record with
- smaller than an actual amp and cab
- many other things.......
Plus it's cheaper than buying a Mesa, a Diezel and a Marshall to get the sounds you're looking for!
I'm all for a high end digital modeler but I still want a cab. I will always want to play through a good 2x12.
where are you from how can I buy axe fx 3 and its processor or amp head?
Reason you can't spit on tube amps : what are you going to model with your AxeFX if there are no tube amps around?
All of that but it will never beat an actual amp....
I love that lead tone from the stage. It's so captivating to listen to.
David Valles same here. I didnt like the clean tones on the album though :/
I could listen to syn play for hours on end
Chills just chills
Nic 6661 clean tones from HTTK were cherry
for those who say his distortion tone is fuzzy, i think it's fuzzy too but have you guys ever thought of that syn actually likes that fuzzy tone? reference: all a7x songs
Edward Chan It's an increased mid boost to be heard when playing high gain. I get slammed for having a shit bedroom tone but when I take it live, it sounds great in the band setup.
It sounds like they recorded the audio via a direct out port straight into the camera. That's why it sounds super fuzzy I think. It probably sounds better in the room.
He uses shitty (muddy) pickups by most people's standards, but its his sound and it sounds perfect for what he does. But the pickups in this video are nickel covered, those arent his usual pickups. Wonder what they are
@@user-vb2of3qi2v The nickel covered pickups are his signature Schecter pickups. He stopped using the Seymour Duncan Invaders a year ago.
I love a saturated fuzzy distorted deep tone too
What’s funny is that all these bedroom guitarists think they are too good for digital tones yet have never stepped foot on stage. Synyster gates has been playing for more than 20 years a touring, mixing and gigging. If he tells you he can’t hear a difference and it sounds great, it’s good.
He's promoting a product, of course he's going to say positive shit about it.
@Shallex There's no proof of that, and all of a sudden 2018 he becomes a vivid fan of a digital amps? I don't buy it.
As a touring musician for years I can tell the difference instantly. I’ll keep my board for now
@@Jason-kv7cm to each their own, but I would bet 1000 $ that if you were blindfolded , you could not tell a difference between tube and Ax- FX
I'm not really sure I agree with the bedroom guitarist part, most of the people I know who are against the digital tone are gigging guitarists, though some of them are bedroom guitarists who have never even tried to experiment with stuff like this.
I really don't listen to their music but Synyster has said and explained the AXE FX thoughtfully and intelligently. Maybe I should start listening to their music? I'll do that now...
You should, he is a mastermind.
even if you're not into their thing (they've never quite grabbed me in the same way say Metallica has), they're a stellar band and never a waste of time to spend some time listening to. People that are talented, care about what they're doing, and going all out, are always inspiring. These guys are all those things.
I listened to them and appreciate what they do musically. Yes they sure do care what they are doing! Good stuff!
listen to buried alive! the best song in my opinion
Treat yourself to syn’s stye. He is truly approaching to be one of the best guitarists of all time IMO
All the people criticizing the tone here have no clue how a guitar tone is supposed to sound when put in a mix.
Exactly. Tones that sound good in a mix usually sound very harsh and fizzy when soloed. That's why I have presets for practice/jamming and presets that will sound good live and in a mix.
So you’re assuming everyone who thinks he has a bad tone doesn’t understand how mixing works..and here’s the kicker, you’re assuming you do understand it.
You’re mistakenly thinking that a good live tone must be a bad solo tone, which is typically what you hear from novices, who learned a thing or two and suddenly think they know everything.
But it doesn’t matter either way because his tone is kind of terrible live and solo.
Do you know whats great about "tone"? Good and bad is subjective but typically yes this increased mid hump tone works better in a mix especially with down tuned guitars. It's a little fizzy for my liking but thats personal taste.
I think is sounds pretty awesome. It basically sounds exactly like it does on the album.
@@supermanley101 I play in a band and I experienced the same thing... You shape your tone while playing with your buddies and think it sounds killer, than subtract the bass and drums and oooops, it sounds fuzzy and too "rich".
In a mix, the "clipping" and the fuzzieness get lost. You sound "smaller". Thus you kinda need the fat and fuzzy tone if you really want to be heard
That tone at 2:08 made me harder than Chinese algebra
I love Syn's tone so much! It's always kinda warm, crunchy, or fuzzy but it always stays very clean! I love it!
When I got mine, I had been playing a Mesa Dual Rectifier for years, and before that various JCM-800 models and modified heads. So, I consciously decided that I was going to find a way to hate the Axe FX. And I worked at it - for weeks. Finally, during one tweaking session, where I was comparing the Boogie to the Axe, I got confused for a second and didn't realize that I was connected to the Axe, and it sounded so much like the Boogie, that I thought I had the other patch connected. But more importantly - it felt like the Boogie. And that was it - I sold all my tube heads and cabs. And I got stereo out of it to boot, which is amazing in and of itself. And I've gotten a lot of compliments on my sound from other musicians.
This is a stellar video.
Stellar huh? Stellar?
Sounds like LA hype talk to me.
Stellar?
@@wintersmill4853 "fucken great vid mate" didn't quite cut it for this one.
@Leon Todd can you make this preset for FM3 please, clean and dirty..
I don't usually praise ads but this video is very well made. Syn actually gives very well thought out input on what makes this product great instead of just being like "uhhh I like this because uhh it like makes my guitar sound really good OK can I get paid now". Just goes to show how much thought and care actually went into this product and video by both Syn and Fractal. In short, great video. I'm definitely gonna be checking this out now.
So Awesome! Syn has had a huge influence on my playing, love that he is feeling the Axe-Fx III. It is truly amazing!
I keep coming back to this video, over and over. I love his tone. But what an inspiring player, and with the fractal, watch out!
I've went digital a few years ago. I just think it's soooo convenient and it's endless possibilities of sounds. I'm all about new tech and I'm glad to see a smart guy like Syn taking advantage of that. Can't wait to see what's to come from A7X.
thank you syn so much for your 'tone gift' on fractal audio !!!
Music will never die. Knowledge and a good ear is the key. Tech is just the gravy that keep your flow going
he's not the average typical metal guitarist we see everyday, the guy is unique, #teamsynyster
Do you play the guitar at all? He's a pretty average musician with lots of mistakes in playing
@@angryktulhu pretty average musician. Fucking lol. What does that make you?
@@angryktulhu no hes not tf ahaha he's one of the cleanest live guitarists and right up there at the top for technical ability
This is so awesome. Love my Ax8. Now I want to get an Axe FX III
Saw them live in February for the first time. Syn was definitely the highlight of the show.
TheScaredofsilence 15th?
Syn's playing is other worldly, after their next album, i think he is going to be at the guitar god level, he's already there, but that will solidify his spot as one of the greatest snd most versatile players of all time. Super clean and super fast but also has so much feel amd aggression.
His solos on the stage made me seriously reconsider everything about guitar playing. All of his work on previous albums was obviously great, but something exploded in the past 2 years with Syn
@@ttguitarnoob I KNOW. Like, HTTK was relatively basic playing especially for Syn. And Nightmare has some pretty tough ones, but nothing extremely mind blowing, although how he plays things and the context makes them sound mindblowing even if the playing isn't as complicated as The Stage. Like, he had some amazing Sweep Picking, solo and rythym chops, but in The Stage, he like, releases his inner self and just explodes, everything is super mindblowing and jaw dropping, like, Dream Theater level. And he also has a TON of emotion. He is basically a guitar god. He was kinda just held back with the last albums because he was a more jazzy player and that didn't really fit anywhere, now he is released into his natural creative habitat. Don't get me wrong again tho, his playing has been outstanding since City Of Evil, but with The Stage, he soars to a new level.
I’m curious what do you think about LIBAD
@@THE_R3AL_YOYO Honestly, it didnt elavate him even more for me, its not a knock on him, but nothing on the new album really blew me away like everything on The Stage did. I personally dont love the album but i appreciate them trying something different, now im just hoping for A7X to release another album but it be more focused on rock and metal, I dont really mess with the techno stuff they did, especially because thats not what i love A7X for, i love them for their prog metal typa shit, theyve been doing it since Waking The Fallen up till The Stage, and the new album just didnt scratch that itch
@@tplouffe9226they have 0 music that is prog metal lol well I haven’t heard The Stage in full but the first song off the album literally is terrible so I didn’t give it a chance based off that. Same thing with the new album
syn the reason why i starting playing guitar
hes the reason i know how to sweep and eco pick xD
Thats kinda sad..
I M How is that sad?
same here man
I think i started playing guitar first but he and zack were the ones that really gave me something to strive for and just like Gabriel Patrick he is also the reason i know what economy picking and who Frank Gambale is.
It was this video that initially got me interested in FAS. Thank the gods that it did. FAS products with all of their updates and different capabilities are gamechangers, and they also reign supreme with the sheer realism of their models/IRs/captures/etc. This is the future in all of its glory. Cheers, all!
My dad and I both use the axe fx 2 and we love it tremendously:))
He is the most influence guitarist and the reason why i wanting to play guitar
*puts on sunglasses inside*
"I'm a guitar player"
Damn he has gotten so much better of the years
I cant wait to hear when Syn and the boys are cooking up :)))
I can’t wait to get one !!
Great playing!
I'm convinced. I want to try one. (But it's going to be some time before I get the cash together for one.) This seems like the end-all, be-all for my rig. In this clip, it sounds like the ultimate unit. I really am convinced.
It will be the coolest thing in the world if Gates starts solo album...
Syn speaks very differently than he was back then when the rev was still alive.
He sounds sober today 😂
It's funny but sadly true 😂😂
The whole band underwent a lot of maturing
welp, he has a kid now
can we just talk about how much cleaner a player he is now than he used to be? his sweeping and legato runs are jake pitts level at this point
Dylan Taylor finally someone recognizes him as Jake Pitts as a good player instead of bashing him because of the band he is in. Very underrated player’
Jake Pitt's is good but he's not very versatile. He's a shredder, he doesn't step out of his comfort zone
Andrew Taylor i do agree with you but yeah I was just touching on the shred side like you mentioned lol but yeah I agree with him being a 1 trick pony kinda player
Andrew Taylor yea I'll agree with that I was specifically referring to his shredding ability. He has always been better than gates in that respect as far as pure technical skill goes
I feel like this comment is a little backwards… 90% of jakes guitar playing is A7X inspired
Modelers are amazing. It used to be it would take a separate house to have all the cabs, amps, pedals, and mics you get inside of a couple of rack spaces. Wish it would have been around when I started playing.
Great demo .
Hands down the best guitarist in the game right now and has been for about the past 15 years
So much for Hellwin amps...
My thoughts exactly.
I think he profiled that amplifier or whatever the term is for Axe fx
I miss the days when he used Mesa Boogie
@@Tact012 no. We didn't. We built his new tone from the ground up in the Axe-Fx.
@@coopercarter sounds sexy 👌 guess he said bye Hellwin.
3:36 on a dime? on a PARADIGM!? HA
Forget the axe-fx
Gates playing is insane in this video🔥
Gotta love that line six spider 2 tone
Love his tone
You're just awesome bro... 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
1:37 the matching Good Charlotte tattoo 😉
that bracelet syn's wearing is so cool i really like it is that available in amazon?
You are the best 👍👍❤️
So how do i get his “The Stage” tone and preset for the Fractal?
the intro was kickass
I wish I had an Axe-Fx III,
if I have money one day maybe. :)
So are the schecter sig amps still a thing?
This man is the f*cking guitar god.
I know nothing about processors. Do you run this thing into the clean channel on your amp or do you plug PA speakers into it, or what?
Please release presets with Helwin Head and all the studio heads and I will buy a Axe 3 take my money
They already did release them. Like a week ago.
@@Darkhalo314 wheres the link all I seen was speaker cab packs
guys the song at the start is called "Buried Alive" by A7x
Hey Fractal folks - can you please do an artist preset pack with Syn? I want the Paradigm tone that he’s playing here.
I like a lot his bogner+diezel tone. But that is amazing too
Respect 🤘🏼
I wonder what amp model he was using? And can model, rhythm sounded crushing!
Sick shades brah
Can you upload the complete video, only the part where he just played the guitar, without him talking? Pleaseee.....
how do you do automation brian? midi from computer? ableton?
When Syn started playing the riff at 2:20 I could REALLY hear the Megadeth influence
It's from the song Paradigm, great song you should check it out.
I wonder what setup he is using for this video. Like speaker type, into frfr, power amp. Looking into the FM9 and I have no clue on anu setup yet. Home player. Have a Mark 5 that sounds good but I want the flexibility and bedroom levels with still have good tone.
Boss Katana .....just bought one .......
............100% happy
I bought it (katana 100 head mk2)as a backup based on reviews.when I received it I tried to dial it in for hours I Hated it was going to box it up. Send it back to sweetwater.then I down loaded some presets changed the eq plugged it in to a 4/12 cab omg it’s badass .im going to order another one because I have another 4/12 to run stero the effects are great it has a special send for stero effects I run it 50watts
I love it..my tube amp is a Egnater 120 Egnater Armageddon and 2 4/12 Armageddon
It’s Thick and meaty....
ON THE KATANA I have settings for all guitars .. telecaster white falcon
Emg pickup all my guitars sound great active to passive pickups
In the beginning it sucked ......no I’m ordering another one LOL
Song at the beginning is Buried Alive.
syn can play using 50$ strat with crappy amp n still sound good
Example: Drunks in Helsinki
That stage intro is fucking dope.
How much is the fractal axe fx 1 now?...iam holding out for the axe fx 9
All’s I DO kno is: the guitar plays incredible. Luv mine
I can really hear the difference in my headphones with no band and honestly hate the tone but in a live show literally nobody will be able to tell the difference and the points he makes in this video are all spot on. Not surprised he switched
My buddy got one earlier this year & I'm selling a lot of gear just to afford to get one. Its a lot money but its worth it.Sick part is worth twice the amount I have in my car.Yeah its a beater with a heater & its paid off!
Axe fx 3 is a beast
Well, the only thing is miss from digital amps is the pure, raw pressure and honesty of a few soldered circuits.
Do you have these tones for sale with the kemper?
Is he using tube power amps? Frfr monitors? Solid state power amps?
That Rythm tone is fire🔥
Would love to know what is he using in the axe
Syn has really aged well, playing wise...................one of the greats of his era, I remember when they were first out....................ground breaking ! Axe-fx is amazing, and less money than a mesa stack and a dozen pedals. Rush, has been using these as digital back-ups for the H & k's for years and Alex can't tell the difference either. My main rig has 2 line 6 bogner hd 100's and I love them, guy's laugh at me, until they hear my sound, power is tubes, but fx are digital, programmable and very reliable, I own many heads and these are still my favorite cuz they do everything. I use a sonic max too. But the future is digital, tubes suck and I will be switching over to axe. This is the golden era, for gear !
I'm sold. I'm not buying one more piece of gear until I can afford a fractal.
Definitely can see it being used for live/touring rigs for the sake of convenience. Most people in the audience won't care or be able to tell the difference anyway. But for studio recordings, I hope they stay with tube amps.
When it comes to live rigs, it's not just for the sake of convenience! The people who do notice a difference, it'll be for the better. Differences in micing+lack of isolation trump any minor difference there might still be between sims and real amps (honestly I can't tell the difference anymore, but it might be just me, the thing is that I can for sure tell how much worse tone sounds in live shows when compared to studios, with sims that difference disappears).
Agreed...it will be a very very very long time before computers can process physics in realtime so tube amps will always sound better to me. But for touring and any live application really there's no reason not to switch to digital
I agree with Syn, I think people get too obsessed with tone and getting that perfect sound. Some of the best records have out of tune guitars!!
And “bad” tones. Little small combos for guitar parts in some entire songs and such, don’t have to have a “perfect” massive sound to record. Most don’t
I don't care if the emulations sound like the "real thing". If the modeling in the AXE FX sounds good, then it's good. It doesn't need to be exact to sound good. I can't afford the AXE FX III but I wish to get it someday. It's a lot better than buying multiple amp heads and pedals whenever I want a different sound. To me, AXE FX doesn't sound plasticky at all. Believe me when I say it, I know how plasticky emulations sound.
Its a combinstion of esentials electronics, programing, sound production and mixing!
i want to get this so badly but i don't have 2,000
can anyone get me the bass mid and treble numbers for my amp? so I can dial it in?
Im inspired ur just fuckin badass! Friends are forever there is a bond still hardship is hell but stay united as soufly u guys. I was working up in malibu"the fires that had happened bummed heart goes out to u😀i was actually cleaning out the malibu passage ways reabulation place saw the damage comin down fuc! Ugggh man longstory short ur inspirational to me and all guys keep fuckin ROCKIN!
I always thought Tube Amps and Analogue FX are the way to go, like Digital Modelling would never catch up. But look around you how freakin far technology has come, just in the last decade or so. I think this is gonna be the Future of Guitar Amps, as much as i still love my Mesa Amps, the Axe FX is simply more versatile and convenient.
can we have the patches used? please
More Syn please. Maybe some playthrough videos?
Underrated
So for a garage band kinda guy, how would you use an axefx iii and still be heard?
If I wanted to build a rack, and go guitar into wireless into rack, what would I need to be heard by a band with a loud drummer?
Ideally you'd have some kind of personal floor monitor that would be loud enough for you and your drummer in a garage band situation. You can also run the Axe through a guitar cabinet or if you wanted to go high tech you could get in ear monitors and hear yourself through that too.
Buy a pair of mackie thump 15's you'll be heard, trust me. That's 1300w of stereo goodness and enough bottom end to shake your house off its foundation... about $700 for the pair...
Matrix do some nice smaller power amps - both Hetfield and Hammet from Metallica use the Matrix GT1000FX to power on stage cabs. Any power amp will work. You could go find an old Marshall 9100 with EL34's and that'll keep up with anything you'll ever put on a stage and drive four 4x12's if needed. If you just wanted to run it in mono, you could just turn on one side of the amp and keep the other as a spare.
I'd like to try the smaller Mesa rack mount amp, like the Stereo 2:Fifty. I've take the retro route in the last couple of years and really enjoy the little Mark 5:25 and the power stage of that amp is just killer for its size. I'd expect the same from the Stereo 2:Fifty.
Lets be honest though, how many tones do you even need? I can understand 3 channels, but 10+? Also, can you even do natural feedback?
Amo ele e só ❤❤❤
What song in the beginning of the video?
Will the axe fx3 do w/d/w?
Please come back to bogner
Fucking saaaaaweet!!!! Loved it!!!
I just want a song with Syn and Jim Root together! It's all i ask!
2:06 some warm up
2:53 fuckn epic
What about the kemper?
that distortion tone is fucking immense
I don't really think that someone can explain this thing better than what happened here.