Sound Like System Of A Down | Without Busting The Bank

[@bigxyo]

System of a Down was the reason why I started playing guitar and here I am 10 years later watching this video smiling ear to ear to see people appreciated this band as much as I do. Good job guys!

[@KalElKent821]

4 years later. Still waiting for that new album aren't we? 😭 at least we got a couple new songs

[@nullactor]

The idea that people may not know SOAD makes me so sad.

[@piigz4849]

Charles Randall same

[@ahnaftahmid872]

Ikr when I was in highschool that's all kids listens to

[@beardedjustintrudeau1966]

but then some get to discover SOAD

[@FanaticDrummer]

Truly is a lonely day

[@paxtonfiker3195]

@@ahnaftahmid872 bro there moms said listen to the clean one only but they still didnt

[@StewartBrand85]

Some viewers might have never heard of SOAD? Makes me feel so old

[@piigz4849]

Stewart Brand hahahha soad is the best band that ive ever eard

[@IndoorGarden420]

agreed

[@elipetersen7203]

I'm 15 and I LOVE system I wish more people knew them nowadays

[@azmiraclegirl441]

More evidence we NEED a new album!! Tho I did see one kid at a local high school with a stylized SOAD shirt but that might have just been a hot topic tee :/

[@godiloveminininjas4278]

I'm 14 and system of a down is all I listen to.

[@moisesespinosa3492]

To me, Malankian's sound has always been very raw: an electric guitar and an amp. Period.

[@alonso2037]

Bea is having so much fun it should be illegal

[@brandon321b]

Daron used to perform with a Fender early on.

[@widowmaker5544]

yeah i saw him use a strat way back in the day, i've also seen footage of him using a rhoads

[@arianllanes3564]

He used an Ibanez Iceman too

[@patricio97]

On studio (especially in toxicity album) uses many guitars like a jackson flying v randy rhoads,a les paul and a headless guitar (im not sure what model) Pd:sorry for my bad english

[@GamesComVodka]

@@patricio97 Ibanez Axstar AX70

[@Elizondobass]

Also a headless, and a Les Paul, though I think that was only for recording Toxicity

[@ardahaywood]

Please do SOAD BY busting the bank

[@wisemonke108]

they... its... nevermind, imma let you figure it out

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Gibson SG, Mesa Boogie or Marshall amp, Strymon Dig, Boss DD, MXR Phase 90 and maybe a metalzone and also a warwick or thunderbird bass

[@patricio97]

@@KeeperOfPoops why the metalzone?, the distortion of a mesa boogie is enough

[@ciclop22yetis]

It’s actually heartwarming to see how much fun and joy playing their old school time favorite band’s songs/riffs brought them

[@legostudios6017]

I love how instead of yelling wake up he yelled you wanted to

[@Meccarox]

Lmao

[@roachzero2952]

:/

[@nbsarkar6911]

Im 69th like

[@sutanzaharsyah]

@@nbsarkar6911 darn it

[@andrewpappas9311]

Still got the same vibe going

[@jam-session-tv]

1700 bucks is busting the bank to me hahaha

[@TheXXPoisionXX]

JamSessionTV if you have a guitar and amp it isnt

[@RhizomaticAssemblage]

JamSessionTV it's definitely not cheap, but for a lot of people who play for a living it's not exactly a huge amount either

[@SixString_J5]

They have a budget in mind when they start. On the same note you could get an Epi SG for a bit less and the smaller Egnater amp and get the same tone for easily under 1k..... But you can absolutely gig with the setup that they have selected.

[@boggeshzahim3713]

Well yeah they isn't sound like for completely broke people, you could save for a few months and get this which is the point of the video

[@iniquity7]

Seriously that's not budget at all lol

[@robertm6312]

I think this needs a revisit, their sound wasn’t tight enough, you gotta have the thickness while still being tight

[@deinemudda4612]

Agreed. The sound is way off. Also AFAIK he wouldn't use P90 but either standard pick-ups in his SGs or SH-6 and 498T in his Icemen.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@@deinemudda4612 i thought it was way on

[@ChristopherRoss.]

Really all it needs is a clean boost going into the rig to tighten it up, and get some more of the pick attack in there.

[@JesusIsLord7773]

Uhm it says “Without busting the bank” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jmasson3272]

Don't compare à recorded guitar sound and a "dry" amp live sound. It doesn't make sense. Malakian use hybrid and valves amps and mix em to have a unique recorded guitar sound. The way I see these kind of vidéo is 'Are you in the ballpark " tone wise. And it's good. A great médium oriented guitar sound as Malakian uses

[@MylesMarrero]

This tone is epic. You guys have it spot on and I'm using this for my gigs when we play those really riffy bands. Thank you guys!!!

[@freetimeprojex]

My process is bust the bank and not even sound like who I’m trying to sound like.

[@patrickkowalski8256]

Shimmy is a totally underrated SOAD song

[@batmaneatspizza]

Definitely

[@Obradoom]

Nice :D Now I want to see a Sounds like Maximum The Hormone!

[@axzelis1996]

They're a killer band!

[@demonbullet666]

Get me some Origins Of Symmetry tones right now boys

[@musicunicorn4368]

YAAASSS MUUUUSSSSEEEEEE

[@henribest4637]

+i am nothing much yaaaas

[@guitarfan149]

+i am nothing much stop

[@guitarfan149]

+henri best stop

[@henribest4637]

+guitarfan149 nooooo

[@Ameen2310]

Do Sounds Like: Metallica (do this one with Chappers) Green Day (it's a must!!!) Buckethead Steve Vai Avenged Sevenfold Yngwie Malmsteen Eddie Van Halen

[@zachballard970]

GREEN DAY

[@leecooney8745]

Green day is one of the simplest tones to achieve. les paul and ssh strat. and the occasional use of a vibrato pedal

[@shcxatter2]

+Ameen Singh buckethead is a must XD

[@Ameen2310]

Magikarp Gyarados It's an amazing tone, simple one, but don't think it's easy to achieve. It's damn hard to decide just how distorted it is. The amp setting is very specific.

[@leecooney8745]

+Ameen Singh it takes a while to get it correct but it's fairly simple. what I did was keep the mids at roughly 12 o'clock 11 or 1 are also close. bass between 8 and 9 o'clock and treble between 12 and 2. I had the master volume at full and the gain at roughly 12 o'clock. the guitars I've tried this with are an epiphone les paul special II and a squier affinity ssh stratocaster. and my amp is a Marshall MG10CF. I managed to get it on dirt cheap gear. it took about an hour and a half to get it totally correct but I got damn close

[@kojaniszewski]

Matt! How can you say you're making a video about the best guitarist in the world, when the best guitarist is right next to you?! :DDD

[@mattwhornby]

Haha, my bad!

[@rocknrollcowboy1620]

lol

[@blackhawkfan1988able]

Did anyone else Imagine Serj saying "Clap your hands" right at 11:28?

[@auwdioslave]

wow, that was a nice trip to memory lane. Made me dust of my old S.O.A.D. albums :)

[@guitarded222]

thanks guys...now I will only be listening to System for the next 2 months ;)

[@Glasshexagon]

Sound like early Korn pls

[@IceKoldKilla]

Hell yeah!

[@GunsnRosesfan2012]

Nanogon Ibanez universe guitars

[@Glasshexagon]

GunsnRosesfan2012 It's slightly busting the bank

[@Meccarox]

Yes

[@cdcb5918]

that is a good idea my friend

[@mediumtalented9250]

I would like a "Sounds like Rabea Massad". Try and replicate your own sound on the cheap.

[@elitheegg4119]

I believe they already did a "Sounds like Dorje" on Rob's channel.

[@khoiplaysguitar]

+ElijahCBK That was years ago already though. An updated one would be nice

[@elitheegg4119]

That's very true, I didn't think about that. I would actually really like to see that now, haha.

[@khoiplaysguitar]

A "Sounds like Toska" would be sick as well!

[@owenlivers7105]

I love System of a Down, my God band throughout junior high and high school. Ariels sounds brutal on my schecter demon 7 tuned G#DGCF#AD, with a line6 rig, set to Messugah...

[@sebastianfischer2082]

Bet it doesn't

[@timo9748]

sound like lamb of god! please!

[@Blackfuture420]

yeah!

[@brettfarkas-smith3504]

ya that would kick ass

[@M4Y0_]

+Zarg Mesa Boogie Marks are too expensive :P

[@timo9748]

Ti Hammlet that's exactly why I want them to do it, to see what they come up that can sound as close as possible to it on a budget :)

[@M4Y0_]

Thankfuly used Mark IVs are rather cheap and sound perfect for this kind of sound. But if it has to be new I'd be curious too.

[@kanped]

I'm pretty sure he always used SGs in the studio and the Ibanez Iceman was part of a marketing/endorsement deal.

Les Pauls as well. You can see him playing one in the Toxicity album pictures.

[@kaidencoleman5947]

He played icemans for the self titled album (System of a down) , and (toxicity). Then for (mezmerize) and (Hypnotize) he uses a Gibson sg.

[@MamaivskyOgliadach]

Here he play on Fender with humbuckers ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5OWmqCanceieJY

[@featheryfemme]

@@kaidencoleman5947 He used a Strat on the Self Titled album. He had a lot of guitars that most people don't know about. Most bands don't use their studio guitars live.

[@kaidencoleman5947]

@@featheryfemme yeah I remember he played the strats too. Agreed he played a bunch of guitars.

[@mattjjb]

Sounds like Billy talent would be a great video

[@danielseale9636]

+1

[@maxnormand4581]

+1000 thatd be sweet

[@yung_hrrnia]

+mattjjb Hell yes. I'd guess a Classic Vibe Tele, a Phase 90, and a small Fender combo.

[@mattjjb]

+LamarKafka definitely , he used a blonde tele called 'crispy chicken' for all of their records I'm sure , amazing sparky guitar tone would love to see a sounds like

[@TheR00BIN]

+LamarKafka a fuzz for some riffs, like the devil in a midnight mass

[@LyThC00p38sc]

i love how Rabea played the Suite-Pee intro in the most innaccurate way possible lol

[@randiskills8090]

sound like Killswitch engage! :-)

[@konijnensmaak]

YES!!

[@georgecooper8757]

Hell yeah

[@alberthickman3010]

Yess

[@tyrivera9924]

so much yes!

[@nkjagshenry]

Guitar with emg/fishman -> maxon od808 -> laney ironheart

[@adrianmbrown]

Sounds like Alex Lifeson or Ritchie Blackmore please!

[@qfz2112]

+ADRIAN INC. The hard part about Alex's tone is that it changed so much over the years. He went from playing a straight up Gibson/Marshall rig in the 70's to playing a strat with tons of chorus and delay in the 80's, and even went other places from there.

[@ivorharden]

yes, some Blackmore neoclassical would be good

[@F22Raptor723]

+ADRIAN INC. YES

[@darklibra2488]

Blackmore !!

[@HaZZb97]

Blackmore hell yeah, it'll probably just be 70s tribute strat and a marshall though

[@TheMusicfan189]

I fucking love System Of A Down.

[@Zetamen7]

So, is the Egnater Tweaker the new DSL?

[@RabeaMassaad]

Hahahah not quite!

[@jamessouleyrette3370]

+Rabea Massaad sounds a whole lot better imho, and it's for more versatile.

[@capturedbyjupiter]

+james souleyrette yup

[@cesarmunozcorral]

Amazing series guys! Greetings from Mexico

[@StephenWashburn]

+1 for the Egnater Tweaker series shoutout! I've had the 15 watt Tweaker head since January and have been LOVING it!

[@tinystar3010]

Sounds like Korn please, sure the riffs are mostly easy but getting the effects sounds under budget could be a fun challenge

[@BugtheBandit]

+Tiny Star I can tell you already the guitar would be the Ibanez RG-7421

[@jetblack7044]

sounds like MEGADETH

[@roger767]

+jet black I dont think they can handle Dave's riffs

[@BananaManPL]

+Roger Schooneveld Hell, even Dave nowadays can't handle some of his own riffs live! Can't blame him though, 33 years of gigging, injuries and heavy drug history can do that to you.

[@awamxja]

+Roger Schooneveld lmao, are you for real? i guess you haven't seen bea play on his band.

[@AngusGaukrogerDev]

YES

[@JordanWallac3]

+jet black A guitar with a JB (e.g. Chapman CAP-10) OD e.g. Boss SD1, tubescreamer JCM800-style amp (e.g. Egnater Tweaker) EQ (e.g. Boss GE-7, MXR 6 Band or MXR 10 band EQ) fuck around with settings Congrats you have the Megadeth tone. Megadeth's tone isn't particularly unique in my opinion - it's the songwriting that makes it special.

[@contaparagameseappsdeentre3753]

Soad is my favorite band, Daron malakian i love you.

[@midnightreverie_]

Do sound like synyster gates and zacky vengeance..

[@mezou1028]

RatHead Master Thats an amazing idea

[@thecrystaleagleguitarandga821]

Rat Head I love Syn and Zachy!

[@orionswift101]

This is really awesome!! I've always loved SOAD for Darren's riffs especially and their synergy with the rest of the instruments. Thanks for the demo.

[@potatoheadhaoy]

Sound like kevin shields. Now that would be a video I'd love to watch...

[@curtis5979]

YESSSS

[@kitesproject-c2b]

That would be crazy

[@s1lv3r23]

just get a jazzmaster, a tube amp, fuzz pedal, and lots of delay/reverb.

[@StickMan1294]

6:35 it sounds like everything except suite pee

[@widowmaker5544]

no it sounds like suite pee too

[@itsyaboy3870]

Well he kinda buffed it... but i do recognize the riff

[@patricio97]

Its by the settings,and this idiots used like 8 of treble and 5 of mids and bass,its supposed to be like 5 of treble and bass and 7-8 on mids LOL

[@kacper06660y]

sounds like Smashing Pumpkins?

[@brucewayne5488]

Please!

[@RenBush301]

Hell yeah.

[@lewproffitt]

+2007 Mikey Way YESSS

[@DeathsReaper123]

Absolutely yes!!

[@treycooper9713]

mhm

[@TheUltimater72]

Mr. Jack is (one of) the best System riffs.

[@joshl1798]

sound like K-ON!

[@SEiMEi_EXiSTS]

Yes!!

[@andrewpappas9311]

Cool to know that I'm not the only one who's suggested this, that series has some awesome riffs and I'm sure that the rigs would be pretty affordable (Epiphone Les Paul Standard Heritage Cherry Sunburst/Marshall DSL40, Fender Jazz Bass 3-Colour Sunburst/Fender Rumble 100)

[@drummerman6488]

@@andrewpappas9311 left handed fender jazz bass if they go for a one to one

[@andrewpappas9311]

@@drummerman6488 True, yeah

[@joshyliv7261]

Sound like Muse!

[@jimbobaggins7553]

I feel honoured to watch this so early, i'd like to thank......the world

[@guitarfan149]

sound like dinosaur Jr sound like my bloody valentine

[@MrAsda64]

both of those would be great

[@11rfpro]

Dinosaur Jr. For sure

[@lewproffitt]

+guitarfan149 MBV would be impossible ahah!

[@alexisc.4471]

i think i saw this guy calling himself Rabea in the Superbad movie as "Seth"

[@FirstLast-wj1hz]

The new stuff is spot on - like you said, I guess because of the Gibson. The early stuff - not so much (to me). Strangely enough, he used to use a more modern, high-gain sound, then got more 'crunchy' and less 'gainy'

[@agentfresco]

Sounds like Agent Fresco! Lovely t-shirt Matt!

[@mattwhornby]

Haha, hi guys! Fingers crossed, big fan here! :-)

[@Jacob-fx2ds]

Sound like Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro please!

[@georgetolmieaudio]

MON THE BIFF!

[@JimmyMilne]

+Donald MON THE BIFF, INDEED.

[@jbh219]

+Jimmy Milne more Biffy 'moning here

[@Daniel_Scott1]

Sounds like Prince? E.g - Why you wanna treat me so bad

[@samwilson4603]

That was excellent. I love SOAD so finding this video was quite a treat

[@themetalpizza5057]

I used a 100 dollar amp, a 110 dollar used stratocaster copy, and a 20 dollar chord and got the perfect soad sound.

[@bruhbro9094]

Would love to see you guys do Metallica.

[@EoPatrux]

What about a Rise Against or Green Day tone?

[@surelynoah]

+É o Patrux! For Green Day, A Junior (Or anything with A P90 in the bridge) and an all valve Marshall. That's basically it.

[@src248]

+É o Patrux! Rise Against have the worst tone why would you want that??

[@paindownrange]

+É o Patrux! I hope you're joking... Green Day? Rise Against?? LOL

[@satchboogie2058]

+PAINfromBLAIN I just thought of Morello throwing rice at a machine :P

[@callumnicholson9267]

+Satch Boogie Morello is rage against the machine. rise against has Zach Blair and Tom Makilrath (spelling Maybe off for Tom makilrath )

[@glenthompson93]

Sounds like Black Stone Cherry would be amazing!

[@aerikhubble-messier5771]

Love the laughing bits at the end. Bits like that are why we still come here for reviews/info/entertainment :)

[@pmoore546]

Nailed it! This is easily my favorite show on the web. Great job guys.

[@sfatie]

Sounds like periphery!!

[@felixnilbog4517]

Ehhh, thats going to be very difficult considerring how many different tones they have in the AX FX

[@jpbuxade843]

Sound like Ghost??? 2 guitar players :)

[@error262]

Sound Like Korn maybe?

[@gloomysunnyboy]

That was really great! Who would have known, that it is such a simple task to get the sound right. SOAD!!! One of my favorites!

[@ПавелДемидов-я2т]

You are cool guys! But, as far as I concerned Daron had all electronics from Gibson on his Iceman Ibanez guitar. Frankly speaking it was Gibson guitar in Ibanez shape. I guess he told it in some interviews. And about Les Paul SG series he had custom shop guitar, which is very far from that you bought for a video, except shape of course ))) However, great job guys! Like it ))

[@joshshadowens3634]

please do a volbeat episode. that would be killer

[@loganscircle]

Please do sounds like Deftones!

[@lewproffitt]

+loganscircle YES signature tone, steph is one of the best guitar players of modern times

[@michaelcaldwell3648]

this would be a great sounds like

[@KyleFox007]

+loganscircle Definitely the Sounds Like I want to see most!

[@icenic_wolf]

Sounds great, as I've come to expect by now. :D Any chance you can add to your to-emulate list: Nuno Bettencourt / Extreme (Warheads, He-Man Woman Hater, etc) Kim Thayil / Soundgarden (Spoonman, Jesus Chrirst Pose, etc) Daita / Siam Shade (Triptych, 1/3 No..., Solomon's Seal, etc)

[@anthonyminichini9724]

SOAD is killer, and rocking the NY Islanders Tee shirt love it!! Cheers from NY.

[@ben0stevens]

I watched the end of this video a good ten times. Thank you for this whole series. Well done, boys.

[@zero1fifty8]

System of a Down one of the greatest rock bands of all time!!!

[@Dr.Turkey]

They haven't done Sound Like Slayer yet have they? If not I'd be down for that

[@jonnylawless6797]

Easy, EMG pickups, mid boosting with a ten band EQ and Marshall amps.

[@jamiebird3818]

Do Biffy Clyro in the run up to the release of their new album

[@kumudtsering]

That tone is so Perfect!!!!

[@Bungee75]

I think that you nailed the tone. And I loved the "you wanted to" from Rabea

[@dannyw.b6447]

Sound like Blur, Smashing Pumpkins, Blink 182, Muse

[@teunputker]

Great suggestions man

[@geelovering172]

sound like dimebag darrell from pantera

[@geelovering172]

ahh cheers

[@killer6sic6maggot]

sound like dime needs to happen!

[@akshatsahay9015]

+killer6sic6maggot they have done dime. really gr8 vid

[@davidmackenzie9899]

please do Johnny Marr, it strikes me you might not necessarily be fans and would like to see if you could get the how soon is now tones from a purely neutral point of view.

[@nygne7283]

I play an epiphone g-400 pro through a dark matter distortion pedal into a Marshall 30 watt and I found its pretty close to Daron's sound. Especially for the Hypnotize/Mesmerize stuff!

[@XxRiseagainstfanxX]

The fireman has completely diffrent pickups from the iceman and all, but an honorable mention here i guess xD

[@Dagger_323]

Do a sound like Lynyrd Skynyrd!!!

[@ihrseidscheissekanal5082]

sounds like jimi hendrix

[@chadwr85]

+ihr seid scheisse kanal they've done that one awhile ago.

[@ihrseidscheissekanal5082]

+chadwr85 nice

[@GangmakerZaken]

+chadwr85 no they havent

[@chadwr85]

IgglyStuff Rob and Captain did one. It was a christmas one and it had like 4 or 3 different ones in it.

[@GangmakerZaken]

chadwr85 wasn´t that a jh pedal review? we are talking about a sounds like

[@toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330]

8:09 heard the Violins kick in 8:17 Heard the drums kick in

[@vicrattlehead5530]

How strange. I heard it too!

[@Billybillybillyrocking]

Love this band. One of my first heavy bands I listened to religiously

[@LeeHutchingsdrumsUK]

Great work fellas (as always). Really liking the simple set up - much to my liking - and think it sounds epic. Just goes to show that sometimes less is definitely more!

[@bradleywhite8290]

I'd really like to see some bass stuff!

[@Frrarii]

Make an updated version of Sound Like Metallica please

[@insanemtl5890]

Sound like Slayer (Reign in Blood)

[@mitchell2143]

r/BoneAppleTea

[@no-hx7fh]

@@mitchell2143 that's the album name from which the song raining blood cane from lol.

[@ronandowney744]

They have their sound fairly spot on the amp sound amazing

[@Cannibal_Actual]

It makes me sad you could find a SG for $500 and I never got one

[@CamRebires]

Sound like Muse, please! :)

[@curtis5979]

SOUNDS LIKE KEVIN SHIELDS!!!

[@ImaWreckU]

Disturbed, Staind or Breaking Benjamin on a budget pls.

[@robertfalconer5054]

Sound's gr8 guy's, Egnater & Blackstar are quite similar at doing the US & UK thing...and do it well..

[@festushagan3921]

Bea, you never fail to amaze me with your sonic versatility. Is there anything you can't play? Aerials is one of my favorite SOAD songs.

[@rootoable]

Do "Sounds Like Muse", I think that would be interesting to see you do :D

[@Mamutkailiai]

Deathklok

[@EventHorizonPrdctns]

+Darius Rimeika Dethklok

[@Mamutkailiai]

Dave.

[@nuclearteacup3774]

yes!

[@o.steinman3855]

That moment when you read Deathkok accidentally

[@michaeljenkins9052]

According to a clip from adult swim, Svygard's setup is a kraken amp, and I assume you then could use the Brendan Small sig epiphone explorer ("the thunderhorse")

[@v8dreaming]

I want to like SGs so much, but the way the neck seems to be so far out when using a strap feels really weird to me.

[@danielvalles9554]

v8dreaming it's almost like playing an offset guitar.. but I kind of like the upper fret access. I play a Les Paul, so it's hard to really get up there.

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

how is it possible that someone watching this has not heard of system of a down

[@hankrocks7504]

These videos are great ! I would love to see like, a Sounds like Clapton ! Keep them coming guys!

[@spanzotab]

Coheed and Cambria would be a good one

[@johnmontt5285]

Hell yes.