Synyster Gates
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Synyster Gates' Effects Pedals
Synyster Gates talks about his Boss Compression pedal in this interview about his gear with Guitar Center at 4:24. Syn says, "I pretty much just run the boss blue compressor, CS-3, I think. That just give it kind of just this natural sort of, what is that kind of stuff called? Um, I don't know. It just beefs it up a little bit but it doesn't sound synthetic. It just sounds really nice. It's just a very natural, whatever it does, sound."
At 2:31 in this video, Za, Synyster Gates guitar tech, talks about Synyster Gates' use of the MXR delay pedal. "It's awesome man, everybody loves those."
The Carbon Copy delay pedal is also listed as part of Syn's gear on his Dunlop Artist Page.
Synyster Gates uses MXR's Boost/Line Driver on his pedalboard according to Dunlop's website
At 2:18 in this video, Syn's guitar tech Za talks about this pedal by saying, "We use this for echo, H2O."
At 2:05 in this interview with Synyster Gates' guitar tech, Za, he talks about his use of the POG.
"In his rack here, we have a nice POG, and it's rad."
At 2:24 in this guitar rig rundown, Synyster Gates' guitar tech talks about the DC-Brick saying, "DC-Brick all the way."
Also, the DC-Brick power supply is listed as part of Synyster Gates' setup on the Dunlop website.
Synyster Gates uses the MXR CSP202 Custom Comp compressor pedal, as detailed in the Avenged Sevenfold news article about his gear setup.
In this video at 2:11, a Ebtech Hum Eliminator can be seen in Synyster Gates' guitar rig.
In the Guitarfact article "How to get the Synyster Gates sound," Synyster Gates is noted for using the Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive in his amplifier setup.
In this Rig Rundown by Premier Guitar, Whirlwind Multi-Selector can be seen at 3:32 in Synyster's rack.
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