Shavo Odadjian
Shavo Odadjian's Amplifiers
Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down is a featured artist of Ashdown Engineering. They have him listed as using their ABM 900 EVO III Bass Amp.
In the Ernie Ball: String Theory video featuring Shavo Odadjian of System Of A Down, Shavo is shown using two Ashdown Engineering ABM 810 8x10 1200 Watt Bass Speaker Cabinets.
In this video you can see an Ampeg SVT-810E Bass Enclosure to the right of the screen at 1:28 seconds into the video behind Shavo
Listed on Shavo's official Ashdown artist page.
In this photo, an MTI-Era Ampeg SVT can be seen behind Shavo Odadjian. This was his primary bass amp before swapping to different Ampeg models after 1997.
In this photo from 1998, Shavo Odadjian can be seen using an Ampeg SVT-CL Classic. This replaced his MTI-Era Ampeg SVT, and would use this for a few years before switching to the Ampeg SVT-VR.
On the right side of this photo, the Ampeg SVT-AV can be seen being used by Shavo Odadjian. This photo comes from the studio sessions which resulted in the albums Toxicity and Steal This Album.
He also used the Ampeg SVT-AV live, as seen in the music video for Chop Suey at 1:28: https://youtu.be/CSvFpBOe8eY
On an archive of the official Ashdown Engineering page, it lists that Shavo Odadjian uses an Ashdown Engineering ABM 810H-EVO-IV cabinet.
In this gear rundown video, Shavo Odadjian mentions that he uses the the Ashdown Engineering SO-1200 bass amplifier, which was created in close collaboration with Shavo.
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