Rabea Massaad

In this post music man announces the rabea massad signature sabre. This guitar was announced as part of namm 2024. Features include a custom tapered neck carve, a recessed lower horn for increased access to upper frets, glow-in-the-dark side dot markers, a custom Ernie Ball Music Man tremolo, Reabea’s Signature Bare Knuckle pickups, 5 position switch, push-push electronics for single coil tone in position 1 and 5, and a Mono case.

In this video, Rabea demonstrates the Keeley Halo delay. He says:

First things first, I really enjoyed using this pedal. I’m not surprised because Andy Timmons has great tone and his delays are always on point, and that’s basically what this is. It does the Andy Timmons vibes in a box. But it does way more than that, you know? It’s got a lot of tone shaping ability for a delay with things like a hi-pass, modulation depth, you know that tone is really nicely tuned. And the rhythm control gives you loads of different opportunities to get different vibes of delays out of this pedal.

My favorite feature, outside of the fact that it sounds really good, is that side A and side B. Basically, giving you, for 3 presets you’ve got two sides per preset, so there’s loads of settings you can save and get around very easily. It’s very compact but packed full of features.

In this post Bare knuckle introduces the nomad set. This pickup set is a tele set rabea designed with bare knuckle. It is designed to have a classic tele tone, while also handling super heavy tones as well

In this particular video, Rabea Massaad can be seen reviewing and playing over the Strymon BigSky MX throughout most of the video. It can be seen at 18:24 into the video where he just plays over it. He also comments on the changes the Strymon BigSky MX has made since the Strymon BigSky.

In this video Rabea Massaad demonstrates and reviews the Wampler Dracarys. At 11:35 he says:

In my honest opinion, the Dracarys is incredibly good at what it does. It does exactly what it says on the tin. I suppose fire-breathing distortion is a good way to describe it because it is seriously high-gain but very controlled and that is awesome.

Rabea Massaad currently has a signature plugin with Neural DSP called "Archetype: Rabea" and already has an improved version called "Archetype: Rabea X". Currently unable to add "Archetype: Rabea" as a gear name but he has also demoed "Archetype: Nolly" in the past through his original song "OH MY GETGOODNESS".

Rabea Massaad uses the Friedman BE-100 Deluxe amplifier, as demonstrated in his video titled "I Knew This Amp Was Good But Damn!" on YouTube, where he explicitly showcases and discusses the product.

In a YouTube video titled "I Got A New Amp | Friedman Twin Sister," Rabea Massaad confirms that he uses the Friedman Twin Sister head, stating, "Since reviewing this amplifier, I kept thinking about it. After hanging with Nolly recently, trying his again, I decided I needed one in my life!"

Rabea Massaad uses the Boss JB-2 Angry Driver, as demonstrated in his YouTube video titled "BOSS JB-2 | Angry Driver," where he showcases the pedal's features and capabilities.

In the YouTube video titled "Quad Cortex Mini JUST DROPPED - My First Look," Rabea Massaad demonstrates the Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini and mentions his plans to use it at the upcoming NAMM 2026 show.