System of a Down – Hypnotize
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2005 single Hypnotize.
Music from Hypnotize
Artists on Hypnotize
Gear Used On Hypnotize
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of System of a Down – Hypnotize (2005). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Daron Malakian on Hypnotize
Watkins 'V-Front' Dominator MK1 (1960-1965)
The distinctive clean guitar intro to the song “Hypnotized” was created on a red Sixties Hagstrom through a small Watkins (W.E.M.) Dominator also of swinging-Sixties vintage. “I tried two or three different guitars for that part to see which one would cut,” he says. “The Hagstrom had just the right tone. And the Watkins gives a very punchy sound. It’s cool for arpeggiated parts or even little solo stuff. I also used the tremolo channel on the Watkins for the tremolo sections in some songs.” - Guitar World.
Marshall JMP 2203 Mk II Master Lead 100w
Avg price: $2,207.37
"Malakian’s main guitar for distorted tones was a 1962 Gibson SG through a 100-watt Marshall JMP100 amp and a single 4x12 cab. One channel of the Marshall is stock, but the second has been modified for extra gain. This very basic rig was recorded via an unusual room-miking technique." - Guitar World.
Guitars used by Daron Malakian on Hypnotize
Avg price: $1,192.56
"While Malakian’s distorted tone is formidable, his many-and-varied clean tones are among the most interesting on the disc. He has a gift for placing small, delicate sounds amid roaring chunk-metal mixes and somehow ensuring that the tiny sound claims the listener’s attention. Mezmerize/Hypnotize is particularly rich in multitracked, harmonized, Greek bouzouki-like timbres, many of which were achieved on a Fender Jazzmaster through a Divided by 13 model FTR-37 amp." - Guitar World.
Avg price: $4,546.59
"Along with the 1962 SG, Malakian also used a Jackson Randy Rhoads Flying V retrofitted with humbuckers and two early Eighties Gibson Korina Flying Vs for distorted tones." - Guitar World.
Bass Guitars used by Shavo Odadjian on Hypnotize
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In this documentary, at 6:36 and 3:41, shavo is seen with a 1961 stacked knob fender jazz bass in a natural finish. It was used all throughout mezmerize/hypnotize for its sharp attack, and great note clarity for high speed songs. The Gibson Thunderbird, was not used at all for what is on these two albums, due to the tone being much too boomy and not tight, like the fender jazz bass' tone.
Here are some tracks that this bass was used on for further evidence: