Dave Mustaine - Talking Gear

[@playmoregtr]

Wow, he is like the first guitarist I have seen a video of that actually understands how all of his gear works...

[@bowslap]

I dig the fact that nto only does Dave actually KNOW what the hell's in his rig, but how it works and how it's wired....the mark of a TRUE "profrssional musician". Lots of guys reach a certain level of success, and completely forget what the hell they're using or REQUIRE a tech to sort it out.

[@cnelly4582]

It's always amazing to see comments from 8-12 years ago on a video.

[@jipak93]

"They're five times lighter and they sound better" Goes back to using the same marshall products 2 years later.

[@JTHarrisHF]

Not true. He uses the Quad Cortex now

[@MateoMontoya]

hahahaha, he's my god: "this amp was especially for me as a dave mustaine signature model that there are considering to introduce, if not, they're all mine and you can't have any" Hahahahahaa, what a genius.

[@therznoneleft]

Honestly did not expect him to be that down to earth. He seems awesome :)

[@gmt87801]

I bet it would be hard to be his guitar tech. Dave knows exactly what he wants his guitar to sound like. It's awesome to see a guitarist care so much about his sound quality

[@SlickEnz]

Dave is a Marshall guy through and through. He may screw around with other gear every now and then, like this video, but eventually he always returns to Marshall. When I think of Dave Mustaine I think of a King V into a Marshall. THAT'S Megadeth.

[@embassyhotel]

Dave Mustaine is such a hero of mine. we've both been through very simuliar things in life such as prescription abuse as well as David Ellefson. Dave has been to rehab over 15 times which is insane & you'd think someone who has gone that many times is a hopeless case but he finally beat it. & then being kicked out of metallica in which he could have packed it in & gave up or just been noted as a founding member of metallica like bassist Ron Mcgovney of metallica who isn't a bad guy by any means & has done well for himself but when Dave Mustaine was canned & on that bus ride home he was already on a mission & saw the name megadeth & it started from there. it happened for a reason obviously, I couldn't imagine not having megadeth music. ][v][EGADET][-]['s music is so much more complex than Metallica's music but we are very fortunate to have both bands. I don't understand why Dave was so bitter for so many years because here you had a guy who bounced back pretty dam quickly after metallica kicked him out, it's not like Dave went onto form a mediocre band, megadeth is in the big 4.

[@guitarofdestiny]

Sudsy Sutherland you've been through David Ellifson abuse as well? I'm sorry to hear that bro

[@ASquared007]

Excellent video. Very concise. Thank you for uploading it.

[@Chryosoar]

I love the way he's like "It's pretty self explanatory which is one of the things I love about the simplicity of using this amps" ....There's literally like a hundred cables going into that thing

[@SecondCityGuitars]

Dave uses a Digitech GSP1101 into a Marshall EL34 100/100 monobloc amp for the live shows. Marshall JVM 410 in the studio. Watch the Dave Mustaine interview part one here on youtube. It's done by musician's friend. Dave talks about going back to Marshall after finding out the grass was not greener elsewhere.

[@MrCecilbag]

Moral of the story. Play everything you can and pick what sounds best to you.

[@bradtwo]

Dave you endorse everything. But you're an amazing guitar player and you obviously know your stuff.

[@TheMHD2010]

Thanks Dave , very cool.

[@ZafriusRasnake]

My Jackson, Reference 50 is modeled after a Marshall, and the clean channel is Fender.I found that out after getting new, Legacy Tubes.I was over joyed.Great video.Dave is a great person to share.

[@xavierf1979]

He seems like such a nice guy! I recon he'd be great to have a beer with.

[@mikebouchard4748]

LOL he doesn't drink and hasn't for a long time. His drinking is what got him kicked out of metallica, they didn't have enough room for 2 angry drunks.

[@x7stringinJSCx]

He sure isn't bought and paid for to say each company he uses is the Best brand ever... lol.

[@jjeson9115]

sounds like a really nice guy. great video

[@meemat]

@mmim4 They don't use heads cause they move around too much, so he has a separate preamp and poweramp nowadays. If you look on the newer video by harmonycentral where the techs talk about Dave Jr., Chris, and Dave's setups, you can see that some of them use different brands of preamp (e.g. digitech) and then separate power amps (Marshall in Chris and Dave's cases). Basically racks allow for power conditioners, switches for the guitars, processors/preamps, and poweramps, plus portability

[@megadethh83]

the sound of the amps sounded much better this year then they did back when i saw them in 08

[@w55561]

"They are all mine and you cant have any"

[@BBOZ83]

while hes talking to the camera, you see me in the background jacking that 5150 and krank amp

[@MikaelLV]

Indeed. A fucking solid ass record. Very underrated.

[@TangeClown]

i saw another interview with him and broderick and he talked about the same incident there too, but i didnt catch the name

[@crackedspyglass]

I love how much he bad mouths Marshall here, and now he's back to using those Marshall El34 100/100 power amps.

[@Relentless_lel]

"the voltage regulation is questionable at best" coming from an american is hilarious...

[@cutsrosescents4950]

hard to say what countries he actually meant,but he isn't wrong. When your going to many different countries, continents,venues large and small.You never can be sure of clean power.And you cant take chances with your gear getting fucked. So a conditioner makes sense.Let alone having to last for hundreds of thousands miles in rough travel, temps ,humidly etc. Funny to hear a stool like you making comments.

[@jean-pierreburgogne2707]

Oh, believe me, this actually can happen even in France or other European countries.

[@jean-pierreburgogne2707]

@@cutsrosescents4950 Yes, I have seen this happen right in front of me. That band still managed to make the show interesting 😄

[@Cold_Hearted_World]

Nice guy, would love to know the brand of pedal board he is talking about, possibly Trailer Trash i wonder?

[@TheJayBee1990]

that's why I like him just the comparison: Metallica Gear Tour... some fuckin guy is making the soundcheck and telling some things about the amplifiers.... Dave Gear Tour: Dave is telling everyting about his sound and his amplifiers... in person!!! he's just good...

[@allhailpantera123]

@Cyanide5151 He didn't say they sound more like the Marshalls than the Marshalls, he just said they sounded better. Could mean anything.

[@JonMonter]

What do you all think about the Line 6 stuff?? And why were there a Krank and a 5150 in the background???

[@TangeClown]

a man who knows his rig

[@Teebonesky]

@Sean2592 yeah i also wonder what he uses the krank for , the 5150 is probably one of the best heads ive ever played, so much bass and gain!

[@Reed0Sparky0Leighton]

@MajkeTiTvoje I have several different pieces of gear from several different companies. That still doesnt change the fact that the true sound comes from the player and his attitude while playing. Steve Vai said that mister man.

[@chrispatrick6718]

btw the footswitcher he mentions where he doesnt wanna name was a switcher designed by bradshaw.

[@embassyhotel]

actually that's incorrect. it's actually designed by Kenny Hickey.

[@zappafile]

Dave and Chris are both on AxeFX last I saw.

[@StewTheTrue]

You know Meshuggah? One of the most complex and intricate Metal groups out there and they use Line 6 tube heads.

[@TangeClown]

if you read his autobiography, its shocking that a rockstar this big, whos done as much drugs as he has, hes probably as far down to earth as they come

[@jfr04]

Dave is great, but can he possibly get any more plugs in?

[@roybuis7646]

"if not, they're all mine and you cant have any xp !"

[@slayerxv]

lol "but if not its mine and you cant have any"lmao he cracks me up

[@jhje]

Went and listened to the United Abominations after this, out of curiosity.Great playing from Dave as always, but I thought the guitar sounded a little digital and trebley.

[@Sean2592]

really fairly simple then what i thought it would be. I wonder what he uses that 5150 for? anyone know

[@HEADBANGBALLER]

@zealberg I caught that too. I think what he means is that Line 6 has taken the 67 Marshall and improved on it. Either that or he's stoned. Or maybe both. lol

[@topfloorstudio2684]

00:07 ESP Dave Mustaine signature guitar! I can't believe he went to Dean from esp! That's like going to a Dodge dealer and trading in your Toyota.

[@georgealcoba3514]

It was a business choice. Many musicians do this.

[@TheThrasher707]

line 6? i was really not expecting a line 6 amp from Dave

[@saulocpp]

5150!

[@freeridergarrett]

@awsomejustin8 no the v he had was a bit smaller then his models he been playing before and he just didn't like that so he left and dean asked him to come

[@megaluisdeth]

Dave uses marshall pre amps again. He left line 6 a long time ago.

[@gibsonairborne]

@Dfiend92 i got an 5150 instead. before buying the 5150 i tried sooo many different amps, even some kranks (i think that rev plus one) and i found it a acid-sounding amp. the 5150 completely blow my mind. it's a fucking great amplifier, with a really devil sound. btw i payed my 5150 1000 dlls. more money (like more gain) doesn't mean a better amp. check out LAA custom, an italian artisan that make a handmade 100W head for 2000 euros and it's1000 better than a mesa rectifier that costs 2600 euros

[@viddelt]

whats the song in the begining???

[@awsomejustin8]

@freeridergarrett I read somewhere that he had said "After two successful years, I have decided to leave ESP guitars. This was a business decision and had nothing to do with the guitars or the manufacturing of the guitars, and I wish the staff of ESP, both in the USA and in Japan and Korea the very best of health and prosperity. Meanwhile, I am taking my Classic Metal V known formerly as a Jackson King V1 or an ESP DV8..."

[@stcheeve]

So if I understand, his live rig is solid state? It uses amp emulation?

[@frozenmammoth420]

power amps are tube, digital preamp. he dropped line 6, but its still that way.

[@HENJAM48]

Is he gonna play Stonehenge?

[@mmim4]

im lost on all this stuff why dont they use an amp head and cabinets?

[@jessewalker17]

LOL Dave doesnt even use Line6 anymore. He says there were not "road worthy" and he had to many issues with them touring. Hes back with Marshall.

[@DiedrichKnickerbocker1783]

Noobie question, what goes into a rack?

[@MitchRench]

the guys such a dude!

[@ghostofrapaki]

@Aquaboy99 so he vacillates?

[@MrUltraworld]

When you get into an arena, there's so much natural reverb, that effects get washed out. It actually waters your tone down.In a big arena, a good straight signal will sound better. Let the sound man add what's needed.

[@strelka22]

music at the beginnng? (:

[@aligatorsandwitch72]

when was this?

[@awsomejustin8]

@bigbiggedybigman He never hated ESP, its just that Dean gave him a better deal

[@megaboxxx]

im glad he went back to analog after the united abominations saga. In my opinion digital effects and distortion build a wall for personality in ones playing. I would only use them for practicing, not live.

[@jamiewebster9233]

Whats wrong with Line 6?

[@AdanaliJustin]

omg those gears talk !! :D

[@empreme]

@jfgirard14 Well it was customized for Dave by Dave so to his ear it sounds better. I guess the marshalls were lacking in an area he felt he needed therefore he thinks it sounds better. Even if that's not true think about it: The line6 amps available to us normal people would never sound as good as the marshalls available to us. But if it's customized for an icon like Dave it probably is head and shoulders above any other line6 product.

[@nagativecreep97]

@zealberg modeled on a 67 marshall not a copy of it!

[@larslevinberget9558]

Weird as it may sound, I've experienced on a few occasions digital models of classic tube amps and analog effects that actually sounds BETTER than the originals.

[@giannisv.5151]

What amp is the other line 6 is it the same?

[@ralpherl5657]

Probably. Used as a backup I guess

[@StewTheTrue]

I am not really either. I just love the "Bendability" of the tone, If you will.

[@LetMeGoForever]

@Slears You obviously don't know what you're talking about. This is a very high end line 6. The people on Ultimate Guitar, snobs, and haters think all L6 are Spiders, which are the low end models.

[@harrycallahan9143]

Sounds better than a Marshall hes says...yet its modelled after a 1967 Marshall lol

[@jjRoxy]

+Brian Jones are you joking

[@pynskhemborlyngdoh2316]

He's a Marshall guy himself.

[@ScoutSniper1990]

You wanna get a Megadeth sound use Randall or Blackstar. Settings - Bass: 5 - Mid: 3 - Treble: 6

[@crungen5]

in a newer vid all he talks about is marshall

[@poplepo3]

youd be suprised, people give line 6 a bad rep because of the spyders. which for there cost arent bad amps , but for a pro they arent good enough , so pro's critisize the company as a whole for that , outside of the spyder line almost everything they make sounds amzing. listen to the pod hd 500 it sounds almost as good as the axe fx ultra and costs way less !

[@CBOrion21]

He talks like he built the thing and wrote all the software and developed the hardware.

[@DarthNigg]

Guitard: "I wanna sound like Megadeth" Dave Mustaine: "I wanna sound like The Beatles and Pink Floyd"

[@brianelkins8604]

Damn guitar one, I had forgotten about them lol.

[@cromaticas]

@samlefreak you havent tried out many amps then :P

[@viddelt]

you mean he used marshall, then traded to line 6... and NOW he uses marshall again??

[@tgrules565]

@arcuz92 Actually I have played plenty of vintage amps. Vox, Fender, Marshall etc and they sound great, especially old Vox amps. But for rock music an old Marshall with fresh tubes and a shit load of volume will throw any Line 6 off the boat.

[@vintageleon76]

Its all relative. I have heard people play tube amps and sound like crap, and other guys play solidstate stuff and sound amazing. I mix a Marshall tube amp with a solid state amp and use them in stereo and i have the tone I was looking for. But I do use amp sim pedals. Catalinbread and Joyo stuff.

[@mmim4]

@Cyanide5151 it may be modeled but they wont sound exactly ecactly alike

[@TheShepster80]

@Smit2k11 Me too!

[@user-uh1tu7if3z]

meshuggah use line 6, and their tone is incredible.

[@benmiddleton9984]

pedophilepete333 they use randall now

[@gibsonairborne]

@Dfiend92 oh please don't say bullshit! that acid-sound krank cannot be compared to that 5150. the 5150 is one of the most evil sounding amplifier and it's simply awesome. more gain doesn't mean a better amp.

[@m11thebazile]

haha i love him

[@themodernguitarist]

@bigbiggedybigman Honestly, if Jackson wasn't bought out by Fender, he'd probably would still be with them.

[@pszypulski]

"They're all mine and you can't have any!" 0:58

[@SecondCityGuitars]

The grass not being greener elsewhere aren't my words they're Dave's in the video I referenced. It's youtube dot com/watch?v=hK6ov8yxZ7A

[@tgrules565]

You can have all the fancy amps, effects and shit in the world but at the end of the day it still wont beat a vintage Marshall.

[@frozenmammoth420]

nothing is wrong with it, the digital stuff has been coming a long way recently.as effects line 6 is great, amp models are a bit weak.line 6 is entry level tech though, axe fx, rocktron, eleven rack, and digitech make much better processors if you have the money.and the kemper profiling amp is awesome too.

[@terrytummons8898]

What band are you in?

[@frozenmammoth420]

@@terrytummons8898 ...do you not realize you're responding to a decade old comment? on a decade old video? I don't think I understand your question lol.

[@terrytummons8898]

@@frozenmammoth420 what is the name of your band

[@frozenmammoth420]

@@terrytummons8898 what is the purpose of your question? did my 10 year old comment about line 6 give you butthurt?

[@terrytummons8898]

@@frozenmammoth420 no you seemed to know what you were talking about and i wanted to hear your sound

[@maxstatic]

oohh ooohhhh I see 5150 and Krank!!!!

[@TopJame]

@MetalGivesUWings love ur name and its more a matter of preference, like how i PREFER Line 6 over Marshall

[@freaknbigpanda]

I'm glad he knows his gear really well, everything that's going on back there. That's the difference between him and shit guitarists who have no idea what's going on with their setup and let their tech do it all.

[@pie5797]

IF DAVE PLAYS LINE 6s THEN I SHOULD TOO! :D

[@Slears]

@BucksStudent o.k. I play Guitar 15 Years now..and in that Time I`ve tested many many Amps..and the Line 6 were always the worst (beside Mesa btw)..no Punch..no defined Tone..they make really good Effects but Amps..no...o.k. I am kind of a Sound Purist and try a lot of things..so right now I play 2 Custom Made Heads that sound extremly unique and not like Standard-from-the-Shop-Amps..but as allways..this is just a matter of personal Taste ;o) If u like Line 6 it`s o.k. Buddy!

[@guitarofdestiny]

funny, in 2010 be went back to the 2 Marshalls. I wonder why that is?

[@ericsuh620]

his sponsorship from line 6 expired

[@bencepatyi4032]

He used Marshalls on endgame as well which was recorded in 2009, I think he changed back to Marshalls in 2008 already.