Synyster Gates Schecter Hellwin Signature Amp At: Guitar Center

Synyster Gates, of Avenged Sevenfold, stopped by Guitar Center to talk about the genesis and development of his brand new signature Schecter amp "Hellwin" available in-store and at www.GuitarCenter.com Be sure to keep up with Synyster Gates and the rest of the band at www.AvengedSevenfold.com

[@whatsupclouds]

Syn's a really humble guy. He will never claim himself a guitar expert. He's too noble for that. He did study at the Musician's Institute in LA, and his very own father is a guitarist- so Syn definitely knows a thing or two about guitars.

[@Bayers2020]

His dad was a session artist for frank zappa nonetheless and syn studied Gypsie jazz so I’d say the guy knows his stuff lol

[@andrelucas3804]

​@@Bayers2020yes but he acts like he knows just a bit, what a guy

[@jacksonthomas0177]

He should make a noise gate pedal named.. Synyster gate... No just me. Ok

[@lukee_v]

+Matthew Manyheads lol

[@gryphy69420]

that would be funny lol

[@rockershadow1820]

Millionaire idea xD

[@illgetbacktothat2291]

I'd buy it

[@evanpenny5298]

Patent it now!!

[@bretbariabult3414]

Man that UK voicing was awesome.

[@mokhan8832]

Bret Bariabult Yeah man it was. I don’t know about you but i got a Metallica feel from the UK voicing.

[@chrisperri2842]

Mo Khan it sounded kinda like the tone from Nothing Else Matters

[@maximustyler2250]

It kinda sounds like metallica.....it remind me of master of puppet's melodic part

[@omgvague]

@Van peter Imagine a word having more than one definition.

[@gregtheflyingwhale]

@@maximustyler2250 now you know it's Set Me Free, their unreleased song

[@TheBandFake]

Syn: "I want it to have an amazing clean" James: "Have you thought of maybe changing to a lower output pick-up?" James was never seen again.

[@Markyman29]

LoL

[@TheBandFake]

GuitarDood32 Can't tell if agreeing or disagreeing with the joke...

[@dothurnaax3584]

Bob Jones You just made my day! XD ... Well you and ifunny...

[@TheBandFake]

Dothurnaax Lol... iFunny.

[@bobjones5524]

hey bob

[@tankmaster1018]

Haha. I love how much trouble Syn has trying not to swear

[@killasynnaact8819]

tankmaster1018 ikr

[@sajjadjani3763]

tankmaster1018 kg

[@thereisnopandemic]

People with bad vocabulary

[@devin1442]

@@thereisnopandemic That's just not true at all. Many scientists have come to the conclusion that cussing has nothing to do with intelligence. That's purely a myth haha.

[@thereisnopandemic]

Devin some scientist, not majority. Also some of these scientists believe that we come from fish, some scientist are smart some are just parrots that repeat what their professors taught them. Second who said anything about intelligence? I said bad vocabulary. Some intelligent people can’t write or read. Some intelligent people are pedophiles, some intelligent people are serial killers. My comment was pointing at bad vocabulary not intelligence.

[@roxanneguzman1043]

No idea what he's talking about but I just enjoyed watching him,

[@mclbelen]

me too lol

[@miexan21]

Me neither 😂🤣

[@tahirahmusa3463]

Same goes to me🤣🤣

[@poison4822]

@@tahirahmusa3463 wow you suck

[@mr.motivation3797]

Dont be gay.

[@xRyanD]

That hair... no makeup... makes him look completely different; a lot more mature

[@tiffxiez]

the man looks like elon musk

[@jordy2x_]

@@tiffxiez he definitely does not

[@GSSMAV]

Wow, such a talented guitarist. He should be in a band

[@aksyxd5583]

Wait I don't want to get /r wooshed but is this a joke?

[@emoxchanel1800]

Goblok

[@georgea.5729]

@@aksyxd5583 it is, yes

[@5usp3c7]

@@aksyxd5583 have you figured it out since then?

[@glxrizky4236]

Hahahahahahaa😂

[@johnwalhan7076]

That sounds nice and he's a great guitar player. He's also educated. I don't care what anyone says. He's awesome

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

true but they need to ditch the shitty douche bag singer.

[@paradigmshiftz7]

@@GuitarsAndSynths how is Matt a douche bag in any way

[@joeredfield8689]

@@GuitarsAndSynths yeah how is he a douchebag? he's actually nicest of the bunch....one time somebody in the crowd took his hat and he let them have it

[@rumjhumsengupta9073]

@@GuitarsAndSynths bro u obviously dont know what you are talking about...m.shadows is a BEAST

[@quentinbohannon4089]

Big deal

[@jobecamera]

He looks like Trinity from Matrix movie

[@GtaMoviesGuy]

Omfg, finally someone says it xD

[@erextrum]

I thought it was Jay Mohr

[@erextrum]

I thought it was Jay Mohr

[@erextrum]

I thought it was Jay Mohr

[@mariogalindo3904]

Jobe Camera yeah he does and he said really fucking thick wood that she said/he said lol😂

[@Liyingz]

Really fucking thick wood,,, I just love this guy xD

[@jaysison6987]

I love how i found and read this right when he said it. HAHAHHAHA

[@DeathBatChick1]

i've been obsessed with this dude for too many damn years.

[@xXDarkxIdealsXx]

"I've had trouble with Gates before" ~Synyster Gates

[@mattthemotoguy1947]

"really fuckin' thick wood"

[@TheAsYmE]

Ogola Plays this gates is just awesome *.*

[@thebuttedemonslayer]

Ogola Plays PHRASING

[@idkmyname91]

This guy is my favorite guitarist of all time :D friggin love this guy.

[@SovereignKing]

That UK clean channel rivals Hetfield's clean tone, it's fuckin' beautiful!

[@danieldays8889]

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[@eltontorres9311]

You kidding? Hetfield just over does the reverb and chorus, this clean channel is farrrr far better

[@domagojdomazet8463]

Avenged Sevenfold is trash shit for Metallica

[@ilkeguneysahin4589]

Elton Torres it is literally supposed to sound like that

[@xavierazad]

+Domba Bomba lol Metallica is trash shit for the world, not just Avenged Sevenfold. I bet Portnoy or Mangini could play Metallica with one hand and one foot tied.

[@MusicisPartofMe5]

synyster gates has had trouble with his gates before lol

[@frexcuadillera1283]

thats why his surname is gates XD

[@WhyWhy-z2o]

เข้าได้ชื่อมากจากชื่อประตู XD

[@WhyWhy-z2o]

***** Wow alien อิ_อิ

[@Anonymou5gh0st]

Fuck..... I thought of this four years too late

[@quentinbohannon4089]

He plays pretty good then you just.enjoy his playing not.go against

[@Bobbyboiii_]

Wow, when he did the clean voicing for the USA, I wasn't expecting that Jazz lick.

[@augustcampbell2375]

They shouldnt have stopped making these. they were great

[@braedonmorrissey7548]

Whaaaaaaat I was gonna buy one haha damnit

[@Shamoshio.]

@@braedonmorrissey7548 The head's pretty cheap all things considered, it just sucks you need a cab for it to work.

[@braedonmorrissey7548]

@@Shamoshio. I just hope they bring em back maybe. I've got a cabinet I could use with it 😂 2 piece amps are annoying but also a blessing in disguise because you can actually use any amp over 30-40 watts and have the loud ass cabinet in an ISO box haha

[@Shamoshio.]

@@braedonmorrissey7548 If they made a Hellwin combo people likely would have bought more, but you can still get the same tone with a 50 watt Vox modeling combo since it has UK and American voicings.

[@braedonmorrissey7548]

@@Shamoshio. I'll have to look into that thanks for the info. Can never have enough gear 😂

[@virra98]

yo gates, heard you like gates

[@lithiumirl2238]

so u put a gate in a gate so he can have a gate when he has a gate?

[@SuperMusicfan1996]

Lithium IRL pure. mindfuck.

[@cadenwhitten9500]

Yo, I heard that gates favorite gate is a noise gate.

[@thequietgamer1889]

Fuck yourself😂

[@4ksubswithnovideos568]

Whaaa???

[@justinbowen1183]

His newer pickups if you apply a very mild EQ boost to the low end and higher end sound amazing. I accidentally did this in boss tone studio and dude it sounds exactly like his warmness on the soul solo from boner springs it sounds killer 🤘🤘😍

[@zwink623]

Gates had a lot of trouble with gates. Now he's finally fixed it.

[@gregtheflyingwhale]

1:18 do you recognize now?)) back then this sounded like random song, but now we know that it was an unreleased Set Me Free

[@obiwan2143]

what song is it

[@corbinscomedy8174]

Sounded more like warmness on the soul

[@One-Punch_Man]

@@obiwan2143 Set Me Free

[@garbygarb31]

@@obiwan2143 did you even read the comment you replied to? Jesus

[@Machinophile]

Wasn't that pretty similar to the so far away progression as well. I'm sure bout that, the mid part.

[@woodyh2o]

That uk setting on the clean channel is like heaven for my ears

[@EvilMattlock]

Would you say those gates were.... synyster?

[@crazyorchidlady8629]

EvilMattlock i voted thumbs up, then realized this was said 6 months ago... :(

[@omegapotato117games4]

Fuck

[@MJsdirtydianaa]

Synyster Gates is the most handsome man I've ever seen...oh god them cheekbones

[@MariaLopez-oj3qn]

Thank god you said that I was looking for this comment, he's so fucking sexy n' handsome

[@jhyjin4172]

agree to that m8

[@virgo4200]

He looks like he's had plastic surgery

[@harold868]

virgo4200 salty man you

[@hanyalvania2470]

virgo4200 u must be an ugly boy🤪

[@Mrlukesayshi1]

"The recommendation was all Birch; really fucking thick wood."

[@RoryRockNRoller]

They really give off the vibe that theyve matured as a band, cant wait to hear the new album.

[@siennasaddoris3906]

Synyster Gates has the best solos

[@Robert96902]

This dude has probably never heard Jimi Hendrix or Dave Gilmour play in his entire life

[@omarihababouchaddarasolano8717]

+Robert96902 Repect the other opinion

[@Robert96902]

+Omar Ihab Abouchaddara Solano I totally respect his opinion, but I suggest he would listen to a little more of variety before coming to the conclusion that Synyster Gates is the best solo writter ever

[@nononoyeseyeses7647]

Sienna Saddoris I'm more of a kirk hammett guy myself

[@_nurmi06]

@@nononoyeseyeses7647 imo James has better solos except fade to black and hit the lights

[@joshuasmith8120]

That's what instrument makers need. Good job Gates

[@GamingLegend-ie4nl]

To bad it's discontinued after he switched to axe fx.

[@Shamoshio.]

@@GamingLegend-ie4nl Schecter being pissy that amps are slowly becoming obsolete? Oh no...

[@absolutetuber]

Signs of a good engineer: can take whatever someone is talking about and make it do what that person wants. Just like gates, says, “I don’t know I’m talking about, but I do know what I want”

[@maserati1990]

IN MY OPINION, the best guitarist coming out in music TODAY. Of last generation there's Tom Morello and Joe Satariani but out of bands these days, he's the one who deserves a mention.

[@Darkhalo314]

I hate that they discontinued the Hellwin Amps a few years ago. I really wanted one

[@njudndudi]

"I've had trouble with gates before" sounds like something shadows would say

[@Ki11P0P1]

I love how passionate he is about it.

[@ShouvikMukherjee0-_-0]

"We've had problems with Gates before" oh! family problems I see....

[@ashleyjackson8538]

Good too see new takes and musical flavours

[@HiramEscandon]

Its an amazing amp, gotta live the clean sound

[@synystergates5507]

So handsome.

[@anggarahmadi4407]

Synyster Gates I love u so much I'm from indonesia

[@geronimo9565]

wow!you actually fall for it

[@BoxerPuncherTV]

“Hey Syn, I wrote you but you still ain’t callin’”

[@city_slicker__5165]

That's what i said, and I'm hetero

[@BasswipeNC]

Holy crap, what he starts playing at 1:11 is something I play when I am playing that I just came up with years ago on my own. It is damn near note for note until the last chord.

[@DJ7tringGuitar]

He's definitely come a long ways with his sonic evolution

[@TheOneblackened]

Hard to believe that he can just whip out a pretty cool jazz lick just like that.

[@nishalynelawai3616]

Talented,handsome n great guy of all time. Love you synyster💓💓💓

[@Riceball_caws]

Voice of an angel, skill of a devil. Love this guy

[@twostrokecoffee110cc7]

Lebih berharmoni ketika dia duet melodi bareng Zacky, sendiri keren juga dia ✊💨

[@SuperSaltyFries]

"I don't know what I'm talking about, I just know what I like" Well said Brian, well said...

[@parker3295]

I always fell in love with guitars before.... Now I'm in love with an amp

[@tedmichelini1771]

2:40 "I've had troubles with Gates in the past... " LOL

[@simonedean2005]

Synyster Gates 2013 - I love this amp and it plays well Synyster Gates 2018 - Well I wasn't feeling the vibe of the Hellwin amp even though I spent a lot of time making it. So I switched to Axe fx

[@dovahqueen9759]

damn that haircut looks good...,

[@pixelchicken260]

dovah queen but we need goku

[@ericgoodenough3056]

@Pixel Chicken , but i need Charlie and The Factory

[@lasteve99]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYN! -Spain

[@scalenerevolt7930]

The most loveable guitarist in the world. No reason to hate this guy.

[@djstringsmusic2994]

Went out to breakfast with them and their families the morning after a show. Great people.

[@stianstrana]

"Real thick fuckuing wood" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Love him!

[@rpfcreates4476]

That UK clean was gorgeous damn

[@synystergates895]

wtf man. .. this usa made

[@fpcombat7153]

man i would kill for one of these amps with the stage head but shit im just a starter i know i dont need one because im just starting but its so fucking tempting i love it so much with all of the clear sound noise reduction and its fucking amazing like god damn but ill never be able to afford it lol some day

[@stefoo]

fuck yeah keep going xD

[@StonedCrackerofHell]

What do you mean by that? Like starting guitar or a band?

[@fpcombat7153]

both ha ive been playing for around 3-4 months now im pretty good for just that time but yeah starting a band and stuff

[@StonedCrackerofHell]

FPcombat Ah cool. I just started practicing guitar 5 days ago. I'm learning through JustinGuitar and so far it's already kinda tough. But good luck to you and your band dude!

[@fpcombat7153]

StonedCrackerofHell thanks man guitar is awesome youll love it if you like a7x try learning shepard of fire great song to start to super easy to play rythm guitar of course ha

[@brycebeagle3647]

Another great musician being an awesome guy. One of the great guitar players of all time. :)

[@izzyshreds]

"I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, i know what i like." This is why you are cool Syn

[@oraguyon2735]

My idol, and the most handsome and stylish guitarist👍🏾🔥

[@brianwarner308]

that is a great idea having a built in noise gate

[@TangeClown]

a lot of high end amps do but they only cancel hiss and dont have a control to use

[@RapidDigital]

Happy birthday Syn!

[@ayelebron]

really fuckin thick wood - thats syn that i knew

[@Talonglow]

Aren't these still unavailable off Schecter's website?

[@jasonfromguitarcenter]

Discontinued. Can Only Be Found On Schecter’s Vault On The Website

[@danieljwillen1993]

Please, make a combo amp of this.

[@matidzi9662]

Happy Birthday Syn

[@jsrkill]

'I've had some problem with Gates before' lol

[@chicc9348]

Yo this guy really good with guitars,he should join a band so he can be famous like other guitarists

[@claytonheibert2953]

And the heavy metal gods said let there by SYN!!!!!!!!!!!

[@malikadegaldoruwa4839]

When he played UK voicings my eyes closed soooo FREAKING relaxing

[@ShaggysStuntDouble]

Would you say the gate was, synyster?

[@Kaleb673]

Just got the Synyster custom-S really cant wait for this amp to go with it

[@jr4chargers]

1:10 Was he playing something random, or is it from a song?

[@Ultraxsiempre]

it sounds a lot like So Far Away towards the end of the song but he kind of just randomized it a bit at the end of the lick.

[@Eduardoyanez__]

He was just improvising man

[@ShreddinThrash]

jr4chargers Its from many songs by many artists. The chord progression is VI-V-IV-I (6-5-4-1) in the key of G or I-VII-VI-III in E minor. One example that sounds similar although has a B7 at the end instead of a G is the middle section of master of puppets by metallica.

[@adrianasylum5697]

jr4chargers that so far away song

[@ZA5TEESH]

This is war by Broken Rose

[@Guithulhu]

Thanks for bringing one of the guitarists to bring shred back, Gates. Well done, sir.

[@J_Schecter]

he sounds like Mordecai from regular show (the blue bird) sorry...this will never leave your head now...you will always think of that stupid ass bird when he speaks

[@unoriginal_name7091]

+Jeremy Schecter lol no no no you're right! almost spot on with Mordecai's!

[@J_Schecter]

toatahu20 finally someone agrees lmao. I have a problem with finding similar things in peoples voices or appearances. They both have a really mellow, almost monotoned voice

[@J_Schecter]

***** finally the truth is coming out. Gates is actually a bird

[@KeaHM]

hahahahaha

[@kyakinney6655]

Damn you 😂😂😂 this is too funny

[@ianspeckmaier9565]

Beautiful! Amp looks good too!

[@christianlockwood4314]

that damn amp is so tempting i wonder how much it costs

[@WWMMWWWMMMWWWWMMMM]

That stack would be roughly $3,700

[@x3aExPHEONIX]

The head would be 3500, the Stack would be about 5000

[@dothurnaax3584]

Max Waters Nah, the head costs $2050 USD and the amp would be $1250. So all together it would be around $3300 USD not counting tax or S&H

[@bullspit9952]

Too fucking much just like every other other awesome amp in this world

[@christianlockwood4314]

i know

[@supercool1136]

is amazing that arpeggio

[@Redh0und]

gates had some problems with the gates...

[@xXhostkillaXx]

His guitar looks so... smooth.

[@thomle9703]

Like him

[@msparkes1990]

so what he is saying is: his gates used to be very synester?? huh huh? nothing? okay

[@habibislam1904]

Could've at least spelled Synyster right...

[@illgetbacktothat2291]

Gates has trouble with gates

[@stormofficial9287]

Synyster gate..very great guitar player..my idola..beautiful guitar...

[@stormofficial9287]

Idol

[@lisachatterton9060]

He's a Guitar God to me!! I will always be a fan!He has this arrogance about him that makes me want to listen and watch him play!!

[@IcarusNadir]

Satch' latest albums seems great to a lot of people, me as well, still got it. Vai is one of a kind, literally one of the best out there, some people don't understand his music. To the people who do, like me, it's beautiful. I've actually had the luck to meet him after a concert and talk with him. He's one of the nicest guys I have ever met, really open to people, he answered questions as well. He sounds like a damn philosophist lol He really knows a lot about life etc, a really interesting man.

[@valoruprising8239]

Really fuckin thick wood...

[@mckay91095]

I like that noise gate. Sounds great

[@peted450]

I think the only person who bought this amp was him......

[@johnnybgood774]

Yea

[@spooderman2398]

imma fan of a7x since 15 y/o, now im 25 n this guy seems never aged lol

[@lordberly]

He looks like young Christopher Walken

[@KillerwhaleTRX]

He added a synyster gate to the amp....great for him!

[@peterpamei9538]

I want be like u

[@She_Talks_To_Trees]

I need to get this *_* I could already picture how clean a blues song would sound in one of these

[@system331]

Gates had trouble with gates xD hahaha god im lame

[@johnwalhan7076]

Agree lol

[@The11Cure]

Love both clean channels 😁

[@bradenrogers9114]

Gates having trouble with gates lol

[@andymahasongkham9423]

Synester Gates Schecter Hellwin USA is great amp with distortion, breakup, resistances and clean is just amazing that other american amps doesn't have ! Schecter Hellwin and Hellraiser USA is like Marshall JCM 800 but Americanized with great presents of dynamic range !

[@chasethatmonkey101]

This gates were a bitch huh? Well I guess you could call then sinister gates :D (I know he spells his name with y's)

[@r0bb0h00d_music]

I really want Syn's jacket, it looks so badass

[@aronph1]

"all USA made" with chinese V30's

[@noeramirez14757]

I love the UK clean channel on this!

[@ED-le1pr]

Gay. Who is this guy

[@Rockdrigoo93lml]

This guy's guitar is more valuable than your life.

[@TangeClown]

^ i like your style rock. i like your style

[@chazzylicks488]

Akash Singh he has a wife, and honestly no one gives a fuck if someones gay or not

[@TangeClown]

Akash Singh you are clearly way the fuck off base here. no one was calling him a homosexual. and he looks very hetero

[@chazzylicks488]

Akash Singh exactly why i said no one gives a shit if hes gay, and if they do they seriously need to get the fuck out... being gay is perfectly fine and everyone should respect it...