System of a Down – System Of A Down

used to mic up amp on self titled album. source from sylvia massy's (System of a Down producer) official website: http://www.sylviamassy.com/how-to/

used to mic up amp on self titled album. source from sylvia massy's (System of a Down producer) official website: http://www.sylviamassy.com/how-to/

In this video recorded by Sylvia Massy, the audio engineer for System Of A Down's first album, a Marshall Plexi 1959SLP can be seen behind him. A drawing made by Sylvia also supports that the Plexi was used on the album.

Additionally, this amplifier was used on Toxicity and Steal This Album (the latter being recorded primarily in the same sessions as Toxicity) according to https://www.mixonline.com/recording/system-down-372602 and this image, where it can be seen: https://images.equipboard.com/uploads/source/image/123293/small_daron_malakian_uses_jeckson_rr1t_with_gibson_pickup_in_bridge_position_1_e83a86a059.jpg

In this video recorded by Sylvia Massy, the audio engineer for System Of A Down's first album, a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier 2-channel 100W Solo Head can be seen behind him.

Daron Malakian used the Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer pedal on System of a Down's self-titled album, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Gearslutz.

Daron Malakian can be seen playing with Fender Telecaster in this video, which also use for recording on System of a Down first album.

In this interview, Daron talks about using a Big Apple Stratocaster for the first System of a Down album and the tours around it.

It can also be seen in this video which was filmed during the recording of the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b3imdhboB4

Daron Malakian used the Ibanez Iceman electric guitar during the tours for his first few albums. According to Rareelectricguitar, he later transitioned to a Gibson SG for the "Hypnotize" and "Mesmerize" albums.

The "Army Man" is a crusty old Western Electric frankenstein broadcast tube compressor I dragged out of an old radio guy's garage in Pasadena around 20 years ago. It has exposed wiring which I have not covered up, making it extremely dangerous when children or certain drummers are around. (hah!)

I have not done any maintenance to make this ancient compressor work properly. In fact, I don't want it to work properly because it makes anything you run through sound furry and explosive. For example, I'll route a mono drum room mic through it for extreme compression. Doing this makes the drums feel exciting without accentuating the high end on the cymbals. I might also go for the same effect on vocals and guitars, but in these cases it must be pushed to the absolute extreme to deliver the goods!

During a session, Serge from SOAD stuck a little toy army man in it, thus the nickname "Army Man" was born. That little toy soldier has has lived in there ever since and he must be doing a great job of guarding those precious components, it has never let us down.

This compressor was used all over the System Of A Down record, so much so that it probably would have been impossible to create the overall sound of that album without it.

Shavo Odadjian is confirmed to use the Linc Luthier Custom Bass, as he is seen playing it live at the Metro in Chicago, IL (PROSHOT | 1998) throughout the entire show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_k_2d0RdA). Furthermore, this bass was utilized during the recording of System of a Down's debut album.