Daron Malakian's Gear

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Daron used the Roland VP-330 since 2005 for Old School Hollywood and War?. He still uses it as a vocoder for the bridge of War? in live perfomances.

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Daron used the Boss DD-20 Giga Delay in 2004 and early 2005 for his delay effects.

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Daron used this pedal for some atmospheric flanging sounds in Scars on Broadway in August 2010 and the intro of Holy Mountains at the May 2011 System tour.

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Daron Malakian tracking the bass for the second Scars on Broadway album 'Dictator' with a Fender Jazz Bass in his living room in January 2012.

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

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Daron used four of the EP-1s to control his Moog MF-101 MoogerFooger Low Pass Filter in 2003.

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Daron's power station since 2003. Still uses it today to power up his pedals.

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We can see a Voodoo Lab GCX on the top of this picture

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In this photo you can see Royer R-122 on Darons Marshall cab for live miking

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In this photo you can see Audio-Technica AT4060 on Darons Marshall cab for live miking

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In this photo you can see Rode K2 on Darons Marshall cab for live miking

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In this video (at 0:27), you can see the Dictator's mixing engineer Ryan Williams working with Pro Tools DAW.

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Daron Malakian uses a custom Gibson Flying V with three humbuckers ('57 Classics) and a SG style headstock for the 2022 shows with System of a Down.

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Used for vocal recording of the album Dictator in 2012.

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An AmpRX Power Station 2400 - 1200W/2400W Rackmount Voltage Regulator can be seen in Daron's Rack (Live at Download Festival, June 2017)

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Daron Malakian used a Digitech Whammy IV along with his Fulltone Clyde wah and Line 6 DL4 delay in 2002. Picture added from the personal archive of Daron's guitar tech.

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Daron Malakian uses a Boss DD-6 on his live pedalboard along with a MXR Phase 90 and a Strymon DIG. Photo from the Ernie Ball: String Theory video from Fall 2018.

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The Boss TU-2 was used on Daron's pedalboard for the first Scars on Broadway show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on April 11, 2008. Picture taken by band photograph Greg Watermann.

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The Lyon Wah was used on Daron's pedalboard for the first Scars on Broadway show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on April 11, 2008. Picture taken by band photograph Greg Watermann.

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The Boss PH-3 was used on Daron's pedalboard for the first Scars on Broadway show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on April 11, 2008. Picture taken by band photograph Greg Watermann.

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The Boss CS-3 was used on Daron's pedalboard for the first Scars on Broadway show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on April 11, 2008. Picture taken by band photograph Greg Watermann.

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The Whirlwind Selector Box was used for switching between Daron's white and black Gibson SG on Scars on Broadway's first show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on April 11, 2008. Picture taken by band photograph Greg Watermann.

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Through out this interview while his picking hand is in frame we can see a .88 tortex pick, if you have ever seen his pick's on his mic stand like in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w00v2zVkX9g&ab_channel=ObeyYourSysteM at 0:12 we can see the triangle shape tortex pick

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Daron Malakian is listed as using the Marshall 1960A 4x12'' Cabinet on the Site of a Down website, which details his equipment.

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This guitar is seen in the equipment list

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This cabinet is mentioned in the equipment list

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Daron Malakian is seen using the Ibanez PS Series PS120 Paul Stanley Signature Electric Guitar in Gloss Black, as featured on the Siteofadown website dedicated to his instruments.

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Daron used a modified vintage IC50 from the early 80s at Leeds and Reading with System of a Down in 2003.

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

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In this video (https://youtu.be/rVnil2obLqQ) can be seen using a Gibson Sg '61 Reissue in 2005

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