Play Guitar Like Synyster Gates

Synyster Gates is the Lead Guitarist for Avenged Seven-fold, usually praised as being a very famous and talented guitarist of the Alternative Metal scene and one of the leading guitarist in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.

Steps

The Gear

  1. Guitars: Synyster Gates is seen playing many different kinds of guitars for various songs, and you can get these guitars for an a7x kind of sound. The first guitar you should look at is the Schecter Synyster Custom , it is Synyster Gates signature guitar. And going through the list there is also the Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR, Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom, The Parker Fly, and various other guitars for a Syn kind of feel.A Schecter Blackjack C-1 is also one of Synyster's main guitars.
  2. Amps and Cabinets: In the past Syn has been endorsed by Marshall a very amazing and prestigious amp brand. So Synyster used to use the Marshall JCM800s as of late, but in the past he has also used; Bogner Uberschall and Caveman amps and the Krank Revolution Head. However more recently, he has begun using his own custom make of amp, the Schecter Hellwin which he custom designed.
  3. Effects: He uses a lot of them, this is a general list of what he uses and see what you can make of them!
    • Digital Music GCX Ground Control
    • Visual Sound H20 Liquid Chorus and Echo
    • MXR Wylde Overdrive
    • Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
    • Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
    • BOSS RV-5 Digital Reverb
    • Boss CS-3 Compressor
    • Boss BF-3 Flanger
    • Digitech Whammy Pedal
    • Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Fuzz Pedal
    • Voodoo Labs GCX Guitar Audio Switcher rack unit
    • Voodoo Labs DMC Ground Control Polo pro
    • Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster
  4. Accessories: Syn typically uses Ernie Ball strings for a rock-esque kind of sound. He also uses Jim Dunlop 2.0mm Gator Grip Picks, they have a nice grip but any other pick will do.

Playing Guitar

  1. Learn how to sweep pick.
  2. Learn how to "bend the strings". This is a very important feature when you want to fuse one note into another (Syn always does this). If you have a whammy bar, just push it in and the note will get higher. If you don't, just play the note and force the string up or down the way to make the note a higher note, 1-3 frets higher.
  3. Learn all the scales forwards and backwards. This is very important. Usually Synyster has the sound distorted but not always.
  4. Make sure you don't rush through your licks. Syn plays fast, but he plays clean.
  5. Learn how to do dive bombs effectively.
  6. Learn how to use harmonic dive bombs. Syn uses this quite a bit and is heard and almost every song.
  7. Follow the chords with arpeggio sweeps and string skips. This gives it that type of open sound Syn trademarked.

The Look

  1. Get the hair gel and spike your hair in different directions, style it until it looks like Syn's.
  2. Wear jeans, black or blue and basically any material except denim.
  3. Tank tops are hot but you can wear normal t-shirts if preferred. Don't wear long-sleeve tops EVER! Unless you're freezing and don't have a jacket.Also wear black V-Necks often, sometimes white V-Neck's. Occasional leather jacket.
  4. Wear eyeliner. Don't put too much on though. Only wear black pencil eyeliner. Once you line the lower lid, try lightly drawing a vanishing line from the outer corner of your eye halfway down your cheek.
  5. Start working out and get buff!

Tips

  • Tune your guitar to Drop D
  • Remember! Practice = Perfect.
  • Set the amp to a heavily distorted, dirty tone with the overdrive on.
  • Get metal guitar lessons. Keep in mind that Syn went to college at GIT for guitar and knows plenty of scales and theory.
  • Try to morph your new Synyster style into your own by adding stuff you like.

Warnings

  • Do not hurt your guitar when attempting one of Syn's solos, it can be frustrating at times but you'll learn it eventually.
  • Don't be afraid to just go for it, you can't nail a solo if you are half-hearted.
  • This might be too kick-ass for you to handle. Take breaths while playing a solo made by Synyster Gates.
  • While attempting a Solo you may get whiplash from excessive head banging.
  • If you bend the strings too far, you could break them.
  • People could call you gay for wearing eyeliner. Don't listen to them, some girls will love you for it.
  • If your fingers get too sore, take a break for a while then continue later on.
  • If you play too hard, you could break strings.

Things You'll Need

  • A guitar
  • Hair gel
  • Awesome clothes
  • Amplifier
  • Pick
  • Eyeliner
  • Tattoos
  • Nikes

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