M. Shadows

M Shadows cracked Zach over the head with a shire sm58 during warped tour. It seems clear to me it’s a shure sm58, hope others can chime in.

In this video, Shads is playing Synyster Gates’ Guitar. He is playing a riff from the song “Sunny Disposition” from their album The Stage. It is best seen at 1:05.

M. Shadows used the Shure Beta 58A microphone before transitioning to an Audio-Technica model, as detailed in Steve Jennings' article "All Access: Avenged Sevenfold" on Mixonline.

At 1:45, Matt is seen using Syn’s guitar to record the main riff for their song “Critical Acclaim”.

2:12 minutes in the video, Matthew says: "We've got a little rig with pro tools over here".

"For main (right) and spare vocals, Lightner switched from a Shure Beta 58A to an Audio-Technica AE6100 wireless. “The A-T seems to reject a little more noise onstage and is very durable,” he says. “Nigel [Paul] previously used this mic for a few shows, and we both agreed it was a good choice."

Best seen at 0:33, Matt has a Synyster Custom-S, with a special “REV” inlay. Synyster Gates made this as a tribute to their late drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan.

In the beginning of the video, Shads is using Slash’s Les Paul to help record a riff for the song “Nothing to Say”.

In the photo, we can see Matt using Johnny Christ’s bass. This was during a concert in 2006.

M. Shadows uses the Audio-Technica AEW-5111a Wireless System during live performances, as detailed in Mixonline's "All Access: Avenged Sevenfold" by Steve Jennings.

In 2016, during production of The Stage, Sanders encountered Forest Young, a guitar maker who had studied with Tim Meir and Matt Bradford and a graduate of MI GCA, M Shadows purchased the guitar due to its playability and tonal qualities. It was used during the writing of The Stage and continues in use. The guitar was built in a backyard over weekends Forest was allowed to leave the midnight mission on skid row he was left living in after a fire destroyed his apartment and all of his belongings except 1 guitar which is not publicly shown. While attending MI Forest says he had to hide his tools so he could continue going to class because they were considered contraband. the article says:

In fact, Shadows says, he wound up writing much of Avenged Sevenfold’s latest album, the just-released The Stage, using Young’s guitar. “It has a great, nice, warm tone that I found pretty comforting, I guess, when I was writing.”

In the Rock Feed YouTube video titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor is visible in a gear rack behind M. Shadows at the 0:26 mark, where the name of the device can be clearly seen. Further confirmation is provided at 0:38, where the other side of the gear is shown.

In the studio tour video by Rock Feed, titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the TUBE-TECH CL-1B can be clearly seen within a rack gear behind M. Shadows at 0:25. This is further confirmed at 0:35 when the camera angle changes to reveal the other half of the rack.

During the studio tour featured in the Rock Feed YouTube video titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the Myburgh M1 Tube Condenser Microphone is visibly positioned behind M. Shadows.