Daron Malakian

At 0:27 we can see that Daron uses a Shure SM 58 in this live Lowlands 2001.

We can see a Royer R-121 Ribbon Microphone on this Marshall Cab. During the Download Festival, June 2017.

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/

“The P-90s really filled up a lot of sonic real estate. The humbucker gives you a very pointed attack, and the P-90s are much more wild and open. So both of them together did something really cool.”

A 2010 built custom shop Iceman guitar from Ibanez in the style of a mid-70s 2663 Artist Ibanez. Ebony colored mahogany guitar with long tailpiece and Gibson pickups. Guitar was used for the May 2010 Scars on Broadway show and the 2014 KROQ show with System. The guitar is on tour since the Wake Up The Souls tour in April as a backup.

This custom shop SG was built by Gibson for Daron in 2009. The pickguard was removed for quite a long time, in 2012 a golden mirror pickguard was added. This guitar was used until summer 2012 for the System of a Down reunion tour, after that it was used with Scars on Broadway in 2012 and with Linkin Park at the Hollywood Bowl in 2014.

Daron used a custom made Ibanez ICX120 with reversed headstock and body painting by his father in 2002 (24.75" scale). This was the role model for his signature Ibanez DMM1. He also used a stock Ibanez ICX120 for different photo shootings from 2000 to 2002 (25.5" scale).

In this photo, Daron can be seen with his signature Ibanez guitar.

Daron can be seen here with a black Gibson SG Standard.

"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.

"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.

“The P-90s really filled up a lot of sonic real estate. The humbucker gives you a very pointed attack, and the P-90s are much more wild and open. So both of them together did something really cool.” - Daron Malakian.

"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.

In this photo, we can see Malakian holding a Fender Standard Stratocaster.

In this photo you can see Daron with a Black Gibson Les Paul during the Toxicity recording sessions.

In this photo you can see Daron with a White Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck Electric Guitar.

In this photo you can see Daron with a Gibson ES-335.

In this photo Daron is playing with a Gibson SG Junior 60's Electric Guitar.

Daron Malakian used a lot of Iceman models, but probably the first one to reach his hands was the ic300 model, as you can see in the 2000's Denver concert, where he uses that model for the entire setlist.

Daron used the Ibanez Iceman for the tour of his first few albums but later switched to a Gibson SG for the albums Hypnotize and Mesmerize.

I dont have any image, but he plays on this Ibanez at concert in Germany

he used right before he got indoresed for about a good year and a half but didnt walk to break it as it was vintage apperanty he still has it and modded it a little but loves it

"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.

Daron Malakian tracking guitar for the second Scars on Broadway album 'Dictator' with a Gibson ES-150DC in his living room in January 2012.

In this photo, Daron Malakian is shown playing a Gibson Blues King during his acoustic set with Scars On Broadway during Summer 2018.

"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.