Synyster Gates
Synyster Gates (real name Brian Elwin Haner Jr .; born July 7, 1981 in Huntington Beach , California ) is an American guitarist . He is lead guitarist and accompanist for the metal band Avenged Sevenfold . In 2016 and 2017, Total Guitar voted Gates the best metal guitarist in the world.
biography
Brian Elwin Haner Jr. studied jazz and classical guitar at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood , California . Musically, Gates was mainly influenced by Django Reinhardt and Dimebag Darrell .
After about a year he received a call from " The Rev ", the then (now deceased) drummer of the band Avenged Sevenfold , asking if he would like to join them as lead guitarist. He joined them and stopped his further training as a studio musician . Henceforth, he began teaching himself by reading books and watching music videos. On his first visit to the studio with the new band, the song To End the Rapture from the first album was recorded in a heavy metal version. This track eventually appeared on the album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001).
Gates has won numerous awards to date, including being named “Young Shredder” of 2006 by the music magazine Metal Hammer and Guitarist of the Year 2006 by the music magazine “Total Guitar”.
In 2006 he also recorded the song "The River" with M. Shadows and Good Charlotte , which appeared on Good Charlotte's album Good Morning Revival .
Gates wrote the song "So Far Away" in homage to his friend The Rev, who died on December 28, 2009 of a drug overdose .
Gates has been married to Michelle Haner (DiBenedetto) since 2010.
stage name
On the DVD All Excess (2007), Gates claims that his stage name came about while driving drunk through a park with The Rev.
equipment
Guitars
Synyster Gates mainly uses Schecter guitars which they sponsor. Schecter also made his "signature guitar" for him. He also used some ESP guitars, for example when he recorded the albums Waking the Fallen and City of Evil with Avenged Sevenfold .
Models:
- Schecter Synyster Gates Signature Special model with Seymour Duncan SH-8 pickup and a Sustainiac neck pickup holder
- Schecter Synyster Gates Signature Custom models with Seymour Duncan SH-8 pickups and a Sustainiac neck pickup holder
- Schecter Custom models with national flags of the United States, Germany or black / red or white / gold or black / white stripes, or with a "Tune-o-Matic Bridge".
- Schecter Synyster Gates Custom with a "REV" engraving in the neck instead of the usual "SYN" engraving. This would be needed for the music video of "So Far Away".
- Schecter Synyster Gates Custom Prototype
- Schecter Synyster Special Prototype
- Schecter Synyster Deluxe Prototype
- Schecter Synyster Special
- Schecter Synyster Deluxe
- Schecter Avenger
- Schecter C-1 Classic - Transparent Blue
- Schecter Custom C-1 FR
- Schecter Omen-6 FR Prototype
- Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR
- Schecter PT Fastback
- Schecter S-1 loaded with Seymour Duncan JBs
- Schecter Banshee
- Gibson Les Paul in white - This guitar was used in the music video of the Avenged Sevenfold song "Unholy Confessions".
- Parker Fly
- Ibanez - S Prestige
- Fender - Squier Stratocaster
Amplifiers and effects devices
He uses Bogner , Marshall , Mesa / Boogie and many others in the studio; however, he was seen most live with Bogner. At NAMM 2013, his signature amp, the “ Schecter Hellwin”, which was manufactured according to his specifications, was presented.
Models:
- Marshall JCM800 (for Nightmare)
- Ill Distortus Maximus
- Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
- Boss CS-3 Compresser Sustainer (2)
- Boss RV-5 digital reverb
- Boss BF-3 Flanger
- Boss PH-3 phase shifter
- Boss GT 8
- Boss GT 10
- Frantone "The Sweet" distortion
- DigiTech Whammy Pedal
- Dunlop Crybaby from Hell
- Dunlop Crybaby RackWah
- Budda Custom Wah
- MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-401 Boost Pedal
- MXR Carbon Copy Delay
- MXR Custom Comp
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Visual Sound H20 Chorus & Echo
- Ernie Ball Wah Pedal
- Sustainiac Stealth Pro Sustainer
- Bogner supersonic
- Bogner Uberschall Twin Jet
- Mesa Boogie Rectifier
- Marshall JCM 800
- Mesa Boogie 4x12 Cabinets
- Marshall 4x12 Cabinets
Discography
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Avenged Sevenfold
See: Discography of Avenged Sevenfold
- Warmness on the Soul ( single , 2001)
- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (album, 2002)
- Waking the Fallen (album, 2003)
- City of Evil (album, 2005)
- All Excess (Special DVD, 2007)
- Avenged Sevenfold (album, 2007)
- Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough (Live / Compilation album, 2008)
- Nightmare (album, 2010)
- Carry On (Single, 2012) - (Soundtrack from Call of Duty: Black Ops II )
- Hail to the King (album, 2013)
- The Stage (album, 2016)
Pinkly Smooth
- Unfortunate Snort (album / 2002)
Individual evidence
- ↑ MusicRadar Team 03 December 2018: The 14 best metal guitarists in the world right now. In: musicradar.com. Retrieved May 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ MusicRadar Team 03 December 2018: The 14 best metal guitarists in the world right now. In: musicradar.com. Retrieved May 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Fastest Guitar Shredders
- ↑ synyster gates biography
- ↑ Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away on YouTube.
- ↑ Avenged Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions on YouTube.
- ↑ Avenged Sevenfold - Synyster Gates Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment ( Memento from July 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Visual Sound - Guitar Effects Pedals, 1 SPOT Pedalboard Power Supplies, and more
- ↑ Ernie Ball | Artists
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT US
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gates, Synyster |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haner, Brian Elwin junior (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician, lead guitarist for the metal band Avenged Sevenfold |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th July 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huntington Beach , California |