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Anybody know which 2x12 combo it is that Daron Malakian of SOAD has been using live? Whatever it is it sounds really cool... good cleans, pretty great distortion.

Is he not using his Mode Fours anymore?


Originally Posted by Metalman_666Anybody know which 2x12 combo it is that Daron Malakian of SOAD has been using live? Whatever it is it sounds really cool... good cleans, pretty great distortion.

He's using a /13 ERT 33 with two /13 212's for the clean tones, Modded Marshall Super Leads (new ones..) for the OD tones live.

Jeff Seal

I don't think he ever was using ModeFour, even though he was endorsing them.... it was usually a Mesa Dual Recto or two.


Originally Posted by Jeff SealHe's using a /13 ERT 33 with two /13 212's for the clean tones, Modded Marshall Super Leads (new ones..) for the OD tones live.

Jeff SealSomeone who saw him recently said he had a wah, delay, and Mesa foot controller on the floor.....

....I'll see if I can find the post.


Originally Posted by Jeff SealHe's using a /13 ERT 33 with two /13 212's for the clean tones, Modded Marshall Super Leads (new ones..) for the OD tones live.

Jeff Seal

SL??? I didn't see any Marshall amps at all on the stage, just Marshall cabs!


Originally Posted by screamingdaisy....I'll see if I can find the post.Here;

quot;He uses a shure wireless system through a switcher, so that he can switch guitars, then it goes into a MIDI system that switches the heads from the divided by 13 cleanamp to the dirty Marshall Plexihead. Then theres a pedalboard that goes through the loop with a delay (Line 6), a flanger modulation, and a wah pedal (Fulltone).quot;

- Kevin Zazzara, Daron's guitar tech.

and here;

I saw system live a few days ago. He's got a fulltone clyde wah and a mesa foot controller on stage, thats it. I'm also fairly sure the unknown amps on top of the marshall cabs are just 1x12quot; cabs, but I could be wrong.

There was some debate on whether or not the 1x12s are /13's or not.....and I don't know how old this pic is, but his Recto's are still racked in it;

Originally Posted by screamingdaisyand I don't know how old this pic is, but his Recto's are still racked in it;
Thanks for the extra info guys... and I'm pretty sure that pic is Toxicity era

Damn... an Orange, Matchless, Marshall, Mesa and Soldano??? This guys live tone must be insane!


Originally Posted by the_ChrisDamn... an Orange, Matchless, Marshall, Mesa and Soldano??? This guys live tone must be insane!

Unfortunately he only ever uses one or at the most 2 amps live. It used to be just Mesa Rectos now it's apparently /13's and Marshall Super Lead Plexis. All that other stuff is just studio layering, and I don't know if he even used all of it on records.

I read he was using a Bat Cat Amplifier on some of the previous records.

So what does he use the bong for?


Originally Posted by The Golden BoySo what does he use the bong for?

ummm... thats a oversized guitar slide

Towely Voice quot;Wanna get hiiiiiiigh?quot;


Originally Posted by ericmeyer4ummm... thats a oversized guitar slide

Towely Voice quot;Wanna get hiiiiiiigh?quot;


Apparently that's his main pastime...

That's certainly a nice setup for a guitarist of his calibre


Originally Posted by The Golden BoySo what does he use the bong for?

Crack and pot, from what I've heard/seen. The big question is why he'd have a bong that tall sitting above $5000 in amps and rack gear.


Originally Posted by GearjoneserThe big question is why he'd have a bong that tall sitting above $5000 in amps and rack gear. because thats the COOL thing to do!


Originally Posted by GearjoneserCrack and pot, from what I've heard/seen.

Really?? I'm surprised at the crack part.

...and he didn't pay $5000 for that stuff.


Originally Posted by GearjoneserCrack and pot, from what I've heard/seen. The big question is why he'd have a bong that tall sitting above $5000 in amps and rack gear.

Because tubes smell good when they're covered with bongwater.