Scott Ian

"I went to see AC/DC in Sydney AU on Feb 22 and got the full stage tour from Malcolm's tech Bison and their amp tech Rick (who builds Wizard Amps). I got to play one of Angus's SG's through one of his Wizard amps. It sounded amazing. I was so nervous I couldn't remember how to play half the AC/DC songs I know. Notice how high the strap is as well. It's Angus's! Oh, and AC/DC was incredible."

he is playing a silver jackson king v in this image

he used a 333 dimebolt live with pantera

Scott explains this guitar at 5:30

“I wasn’t really running much in terms of pedals, it was mainly rhythm tones from the amp. I did use one of those Gamechanger Audio Plasma [distortion] pedals for crazy noises throughout the show, plus my EVH Phase 90 and maybe some delay for the clean tones on Summer Breeze by Seals And Crofts. "

In this photo, you can see Scott Ian with this guitar.

Scott Ian talks about how he worked with Jackson to develop his Signature Series Soloist in this video.

This is a custom made McSwain guitar made for Anthrax Guitarist Scott Ian. “It's obviously a zombie guitar,” Ian says at (7:58). “I wish I can give you all of the details but I know that this peace of pine is actually from, I can't remember the name of the cemetery. It's the actual cemetery where they filmed Night of the Living Dead. Outside of Pittsburg. So, they went as far as to actually take this pine from the church that's there at the cemetery. They buried the piece of wood in the cemetery for a month….He did all kinds of stuff. These are actual coffin nails from a coffin from that time period at the cemetery that they used for the fret markers. This piece of ribcage was actually ripped off a zombie from the Walking Dead. Greg Nicotero, who does all of the effects for Walking Dead, they went to Greg's shop and he pulled it off like a zombie and he gave it to them and he said, here stick that on a guitar. So, they did… So, it's got all kinds of zombie goodness. One of my favorite parts about it is the whole through headstock. Just the way it's kind of eaten away. Like, you can't even see it really, but I just love the detail of that. So, yeah my zombie guitar. Which I've been using on and off on the song Fight Them Till You Can't, which is about killing zombies. So, I guess it's kind of fitting.”

The MXR EVH Phaser can be spotted on Scott Ian’s pedal board at (12:15) in this Premier Guitar video.

Scott can be seen here playing a Washburn 333 Dime.

Scott can be seen here playing a Jackson Custom Shop V.

Scott and his Washburn signature V.

Scott's 2003 rig diagram which includes four Randall XL 4x12 cabinets.

Scott can be seen here playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom.

Scott's rig which consists of, among other things, a Kemper rack unit.

While Ian would endorse ESP guitars during the Among period, in the studio he primarily used his ’82 custom made Jackson Rhoads model and an ’81 Gibson Flying V, both equipped with Seymour Duncan JB pickups

at 1:02, you can see this pedal

Developed in collaboration with Ian.

Scott wanted an all-in-one go-to pedal, something that he could use as his amp tone on fly rigs -- or just plugging the pedal in front of an overdriven amp so the pedal affects mainly the dynamic response of his tone, the tightness of the bass, and the attack for palm-muting.

Scott Ian received the EVH® Striped Series electric guitar as a 50th birthday gift from Eddie Van Halen, as shared on his Instagram.

Taken from his instagram.

Scott Ian of Anthrax swears by the Dunlop MC404 Wah pedal, saying “it just sounds great. It's got a huge amount of throw. I feel like it really digs in when you step on that thing. You really dig in with it. And just the tone of it is great. And it's got a boost as well which kicks in which is nice for the solo. I just have that boost turned on. But it's all about the tone. It's just based on it, it just sounds great,” (15:26).

Scott Ian demos the TC Electronic Spark Mini Booster in this video. He says, "It just gives the whole thing a nice push, kind of rounds it out and makes it smoother," around 1:15.

2:06 into the video, Scott presents his Signature Anarchy Soloist which he calls the Thraxagram.

Throughout the video Scott shows his guitars, some of which have a floyd rose tremolo system.

According to this page Scott uses a NYXL1052-set.

In a rig diagram photo from Guitar, Scott Ian is shown using DR Strings Tite-Fit BT-10 Big-n-Heavy Electric Guitar Strings.

Scott here holding his signature DigiTech stompbox distortion pedal.

"My introduction to Fortin was being kicked in the face by the tone of my new prototype signature amp. Holy crap what an amp! Now Zuul! This Fortin pedal is the best I’ve ever used. Mike you are a wizard. An evil wizard.”

In this Youtube video titled "Scott Ian (Anthrax) creates his "March of the S.O.D" Loop for Ditto X2 Looper,” uploaded by TC Electronic, it showcases Scott Ian using the TC Electronic Ditto X2 at 0:09.

In this Youtube video titled “Rig Tour with Scott Ian of Anthrax,” uploaded by Sweetwater, this pedal is seen as a part of Scott Ian's rig at 23:13.