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      This is the gear I normally use at home. All guitars are maintained by Gilles ED Neve & Sangkan. Photography: Mayzan & Max Willy. Thanks to Glenn Cooke, Sonny Rafiq & Erik Hartono who always help me to get these amazing gear. Click above image to view my studio & guitars in high resolution.
Mayzan now exclusively uses Analysis Plus cables. This is the best guitar cables I have ever own, please visit your nearest Analysis Plus dealers & find out the difference: www.analysis-plus.com PRO OVAL STUDIO - GUITAR CABLES  Solo crystal copper is used to create the smoothest possible sound. The ultimate instrument cable with double shielding and conductive dielectric layer to eliminate charge buildup. Our patent hollow oval design ensures all the music from the guitar reaches the amplifier. Low loss TEFLON dielectric is used for fast transients. The cable come standard with our own 1/4" mono plug. Also, the cables can be terminated with a 1/4" slip ring or XLR connector. Neutrik Silent Plug -The Silent Plug has an integrated "silent switch", which is hermetically sealed and offers life-time durability due to its REED technology-based design. The Silent plugs are designed for musicians switching an instrument, such as electric guitar, under load without creating the pops or squeals typically associated with plugging and unplugging a cable from an instrument or amplifier jack. Order Pro Oval Studio guitar cable now: http://vokuz.com/product_info.php?products_id=92 CLEAR OVAL - SPEAKER CABLES  This 14 AWG clear oval speaker cable uses our patent hollow oval geometry so none of the high frequency nuances are lost. Built of oxygen free copper, with a computer matched dielectric to provide proper impedance, this cable offers exceptional performance. Order Clear Oval speaker cable now: http://vokuz.com/product_info.php?products_id=160
Custom Jackson Guitar made for Marty Friedman. I received this guitar from Marty Friedman(formerly Megadeth band) on Sept 6th, 2002 14:25. Marty Friedman is an ex-Megadeth guitarist, he's also doing a lot of great solo albums. If you like to know more about Marty, please visit his official website: MARTYFRIEDMAN.COM.  GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS BRAND: Jackson Guitars. MODEL: Marty Friedman Signature Model (Custom Made). IDENTIFICATION: #69 behind the bridge & #4 on the top of the body (added by Marty himself). This guitar was signed by Marty specially for me! :) MADE IN: American (USA) Built. COLOR: Mirror-like Black Gloss Finish. AGE: 10 Years Old (Since 1998). BODY: High Quality Neck-thru Alder Body. SHAPE: Kelly NECK: Maple Neck-through-body Construction, Very Comfortable Thin Neck. BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Kahler 3310 Fixed Bridge. PICKUP: 1 Seymour Duncan JB TB4 Pick-up. FINGERBOARD: Bound Ebony Fingerboard. INLAY: Mother-of-pearl Sharkfin Inlays. FRETS: 24 Frets (Dunlop 6120, Normal Size). VOLUME: 1 Rotary Knob. TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control. NUT: Graphite-like Nut TUNERS: Standard Jackson Tuners. HARDCASE: VERY LARGE, But Not Heavy Case. THE HISTORY Now, what make this guitar so special for me? Marty sends this guitar directly to my house, as a bonus since I'm working as his official webmaster ;) The Jackson MF model is Marty's exact specs, his Guitar Technician (Jimmy Amason) measured his fret size, etc, his preferences. Jimmy has worked with Marty since '95 & he knows Marty playing better than probably anyone. He would listen to Marty with ear monitors as Marty played live, and after the show he would say something like, "In 'A Tout Le Monde' if you moved your right hand about 1/4 of an inch to the right during the solo, you would get a nicer sound." And he was always right... His technician ordered this guitar at Jackson Guitars, then they sent it out on Megadeth Risk tour. The guitar was used by Marty Friedman ON RISK TOUR & ON THE RECORD. Also, Marty just used this guitar on a session for a possible Magna Carta Record before Marty sent it to me. The number:69 behind the bridge is a cool number for Marty :) WANNA KNOW JUST HOW RARE THIS GUITAR IS?
A good USA quality build is everything. The secret to its TIGHT, DRY & BIG sound is the neck-thru construction and just the wood itself. The guitar is very resonant & seems to cover most styles. I love the Kahler 3310 fixed bridge, which is really awesome, I like it a lot more than Original Floyds even. (no more Floyd Rose derived tuning issues!!) This is a guitar that is built by people who care, and not those that rely on an inherited tradition (Fender, Gibson, etc)... it's a guitar that challenges you to create tone with your fingers, rather than a pick-up selector and tone control. Obviously, this is a guitar for the thoughtful player. One pick-up, no tone control. It's all in the fingers babe!!
 Hurricane guitar as you see on Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn album cover. Original finish. How often you see a Hurricane Guitar? ;) GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS MADE IN: Japan. COLOR: looks like Fender Stratocaster's Lake Placid Blue NECK: Maple Neck PICKUP: Dimarzio PAF Pro (bridge), Hurricane stock pickup (middle) & Dimarzio HS-2 (neck) FINGERBOARD: Maple Fingerboard.  Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn album cover  Cacophony Reunited! Marty Friedman meets Jason Becker! :-)
How often do you see a Jackson specifically made for a name player? I don't mean an off-the-rack guitar with a factory custom paint job for Rocky Rockstar - those are a dime a dozen - but a ONE-OF-A-KIND Jackson with non-factory specs, made for a pro by the legendary Grover himself?
Grover Jackson himself - in his final days at Jackson - made this guitar for Harry Cody of Shotgun Messiah and Stu Hamm. Harry Cody used this guitar on Stu Hamm's album: "The Urge" and it is one of two guitars used on the Shotgun Messiah's album: "Second Coming". Anything with a whammy bar was recorded with this very guitar: "SexDrugsRockNRoll", "Living Without You", "Heartbreak Blvd", "Trouble", to name a few. Cody also used this guitar on Shotgun Messiah's 89-90 tour. Widely respected and critically acclaimed, Cody was extensively featured in the three big guitar magazines of the late 80s/early 90s - Guitar World, Guitar Player, Guitar For The Practicing Musician - and rock magazines too numerous to mention: RIP, Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Metal Edge, Circus etc. The book "Fender Custom Shop Guitar Gallery" lists him as a celebrity customer. Rolling Stone Magazine called him "...inventive and articulate enough to invite comparisons to Eddie Van Halen". Cody's discography includes: Shotgun Messiah - "Shotgun Messiah", Shotgun Messiah - "Second Coming", Shotgun Messiah - "I Want More", Shotgun Messiah - "Violent New Breed", Stuart Hamm - "Kings Of Sleep", Stuart Hamm - "The Urge". At the time this Jackson was assembled - before Cody's eyes, in the Ontario factory - Grover told Cody that the body was a prototype Charvel body. (It is the first prototype body for the limited edition Charvel "88"!). The neck was custom made to Cody's specs and has been documented. 
In an interview with either Guitar World or Guitar For The Practicing Musician (I forget which), Rowan Robertson - then of Dio - mentions a neck designed by Grover, Cody, himself and Doug Aldrich. This is that neck. (This is one of 2 necks like this known to exist, the other was Rowan Robertsons' "Spiderman" guitar, which now belongs to a collector)
The idea was to make a perfectly flat fingerboard - no fret radius. Grover thought that might feel weird, and suggested an almost-but-not-quite-flat board, and so it was. It was also scalloped, to Cody's specs. String bending is effortless due to the flat board. The pickup is an active Jackson with two batteries and tiny EQ switches in the control cavity. The neckplate is a Charvel Fort Worth with a very low number - 0016 This killer sounding, killer playing guitar comes with it's own custom Jackson hardshell case and handwritten signed certificate of authenticity by Harry Cody himself (it explains the guitar, how it came about, as well as the unique features & parts on the guitar). When Grover Jackson finally gets the respect he's due, what will a one-of-a-kind with documentation be worth? It's bought from Harry Cody himself and have everything it came with, including the batteries and the "copper pick" that Harry used when ripping out the solos' for "Second Coming". But that's Harry's secret to some of his solo tricks. That little laser ray gun sound he makes (like on the Explorer) is made with a copper pick, layed sideways on the strings, moved in a circular movement. That's right, it's all intact & virtually untouched since it's recieved from Harry. I still has the strings that Harry put on it & tuned to perfection, just as it's recieved. Not to mention it is one of, if not the last guitar Grover handmade at Jackson guitars before his departure. Here is the Harry Cody's explanation about the lack of a logo on the headstock:
Harry Cody  GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS LUTHIER: Grover Jackson. MADE IN: Foth Worth (USA). COLOR: Sunburst. AGE: 20 Years Old (since March, 1988). BODY: maybe Eastern Mahogany? NECK: Hard Flame Maple Neck PICKUP: Jackson Active Pickup with EQ switches (2 batteries) FINGERBOARD: Flame Maple. BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Jackson 80s Tremolo. FRETS: 22 Frets. VOLUME: 1 TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control (too)! TUNERS: Jackson CASE: Custom Jackson hardshell case OTHERS: handwritten signed certificate of authenticity by Harry Cody himself & it has the serial number on the neckjoint. Special thanks to Joseph Scott Kimmel a.k.a "Joey K." (from Mentor, Ohio - USA - the owner of Shotgun-Messiah.com website) who sells this guitar to me! Thanks my friend! :)
 The rarest Jackson model ever made. This one of a kind, never to be reproduced by Jackson again, Jackson Explorer body guitar also has a very rare reverse Gibson style headstock (How often do you see that?) :-) This Guitar is often referred to as a “law suit” guitar because of the body design and headstock shape as the designs were “borrowed” from Gibson. It was made in 1992 and features a neck through body with the reverse Gibson headstock complete with a split colored Jackson logo. It has 5 knobs which are as follows: 1- Master volume, 1- Independent volume for Bridge p-up, 1- Independent volume for middle p-up, 1- independent volume for the neck p-up & 1- master tone control GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS MADE IN: USA AGE: 16 Years Old (since 1992). COLOR: glitter finish in both the Black and the White HEADSTOCK: Reversed Headstock Gibson shape! BODY: Gibson Explorer Lawsuit Shape PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Alternative 8 (bridge), Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (middle) & Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II (neck) NECK SCALE: 25.5 FINGERBOARD: bound Rosewood with mother of pearl inlay HARDWARE COLOR: Black BRIDGE/TREMOLO: German made Schaller Low Profile tremolo FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo
 GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS MADE IN: USA AGE: 20 Years Old (since 1988). COLOR: Vintage White HEADSTOCK: Reversed Headstock BODY: Gibson Firebird Lawsuit Shape NECK SCALE: 25.5 FINGERBOARD: bound Rosewood with mother of pearl inlay HARDWARE COLOR: Black BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Floyd Rose Original PICKUP: Seymour Duncan El Diablo Custom Shop Pickup (Bridge - Alnico 2), Dimarzio Brian May (Middle) & Dimarzio Brian May (Neck) FRETS: 22 Frets Jumbo TONE: 1, but removed :p
 Click here for more hi-res pics GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS LUTHIER: Mike Learn MADE IN: Jackson USA Custom Shop for NAMM Show Winter 2006 COLOR: Candy Turquiose Blue HEADSTOCK: Reversed Headstock with white binding HEADSTOCK LOGO COLOR: Inlayed Pearl BODY: Mahogany - Demon Shape NECK: Quatersawn Maple Neck-Thru-Body construction NECK SCALE: 25.5 NECK PAINT: Gunstock Oil NECK SHAPE: Speed 775-835 FINGERBOARD: Ebony Fingerboard with white binding. FINGERBOARD INLAY: Demon Silouette @5th Fret - Designed by Mike Learn NUT WIDTH: 1-11/16 HARDWARE COLOR: Black & Cosmo Black BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Floyd Rose Original 35mm PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Brobucker Custom Shop (bridge) & Seymour Duncan Seth Lover with black open coil (neck) PICKUP SELECTOR: Toggle 3 way FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo (SBB 215) TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control (again)! NUT: Floyd Rose Original Locking Nut TUNERS: LSR Reversed
 GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS MADE IN: USA COLOR: Ferrari Red BEVEL COLOR: Black HEADSTOCK: Reversed headstock with white binding HEADSTOCK LOGO COLOR: Inlayed Pearl BODY: Alder NECK: Quatersawn Eastern Hard Rock Maple Neck-Thru-Body construction NECK SCALE: 25.5 FINGERBOARD: Ebony Fingerboard with white binding. FINGERBOARD INLAY: Mother Of Pearl Sharkfin Inlay HARDWARE COLOR: Black BRIDGE/TREMOLO: String Thru Body bridge PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Crazy 8 Trembucker Custom Shop pickup with Alnico 8 (bridge) & Seymour Duncan Jazz SH-2 (neck) PICKUP SELECTOR: Toggle 3 way FINGERBOARD: Compound Radius Ebony Fingerboard. FRETS: 22 Frets Jumbo TONE: 2 Tone (but I removed all of them :p ) TUNERS: Jackson original
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This is the one and only Ibanez (Starfield) Tele that Richie is holding on the cover of the 1991 album "Electric Joy". It's bought off of Richie himself in 2004. The guitar is the same as it was on the cover of the album, with a few exceptions:
1. Mike Lipe changed the neck to a "Starfield" neck and still has "Richie Kotzen" on the headstock. And Richie autographed the back of the headstock. It reads "Richie Kotzen 2004". As many of you know, Starfield was a division of Ibanez that Richie endorsed in the early 90's before he switched to Fender. Richie installed a thumb switch Hipshot Xtender for the low E string. 2. The pickups were changed by Richie as well. It has a blue Fast Track 1 Dimarzio (DP181) in the bridge position and a chrome lipstick style dimarzio in the neck position. 3. The knobs and the pickup toggle switch are white now (as opposed to the black ones on the cover of the album). 
This instrument was made in Ibanez Custom Shop (1991), where master builders Mike Lipe (or known as Michael Lipe or 'Guitar Doctor'), worked at the time. Mike has been playing guitar for over 36 years, and has had more than 25 years experience building and customizing guitars for some of the biggest names in music. Mike built 17 guitars for Joe Satriani, 4 guitars for Steve Vai, Andy Timmons, Jennifer Batten's Ibanez Sphinx Graphic (The one she hold in Above, Below & Beyond CD cover), Jason Becker (ex-David Lee Roth/Cacophony), Richie Kotzen (ex-Mr.Big/Poison), Reb Beach (ex-Winger/Dokken), Paul Gilbert, Carlos Santana, Dave Navarro (Janes's Addiction), Brian May, Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Paul Stanley, Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughn), Charlie Sexton, Tracy Guns (L.A.Guns), David Bowie, Sting, Mike Hickey, Steve Fister and many more. The Guitars produced in Ibanez L.A.Custom were made exclusively for the Ibanez endorsed artist, none would be resold or made for customers or dealers.
The duties of the Case Ave shop were crystal clear... build custom guitars for the endorsee to their liking. They did everything from making the bodies, necks and doing the paint. Once completed, they were also responsible for the upkeep of the artist's guitars, ensuring they would meet their demands with use. If this were not enough, they were also responsible for research and development. This ranged from making the prototypes and modifications for many new Ibanez models. For example the Burnt Stained Blue JEM was born in the Case Ave shop. In addition, most of Ibanez color samples came from Case Ave. More about Mike Lipe can be found here...  Click here for more hi-res pics GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS LUTHIER: Mike Lipe. MADE IN: Ibanez Custom Shop (USA). COLOR: Electric Joy. AGE: 17 Years Old (since March 28, 1991). BODY: Basswood NECK: Birds Eye Maple Neck, Very Thick Neck (like Fender). PICKUP: Fast Track 1 (bridge) FINGERBOARD: Birds Eye Maple. FRETS: 22 Frets. VOLUME: 1 TONE: 1 TUNERS: Gotoh + Hipshot Extender OTHERS: it has the Mike Lipe & serial number stamp on the neckjoint and Richie Kotzen's real signature on the back of the headstock.
 Rock IM Park 1999, Ibanez 7th Heaven video & Linchpin Videoclip.
This instrument was made in Ibanez Custom Shop (Case Ave, 1996), where master builders Matty, worked at the time. Matty built guitars for Limp Bizkit, Steve Stevens (Michael Jackson/Billy Idol/Vince Neil Band), Guns N' Roses, C.C. Deville (Poison), Def Leppard, Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory), John 5 & Tim Skold (Marilyn Manson), KISS, Billy Idol, P.O.D, Rick Springfield, W.A.S.P, Weezer and many more. The Guitars produced in Ibanez L.A.Custom were made exclusively for the Ibanez endorsed artist, none would be resold or made for customers or dealers.
The duties of the Case Ave shop were crystal clear... build custom guitars for the endorsee to their liking. They did everything from making the bodies, necks and doing the paint. Once completed, they were also responsible for the upkeep of the artist's guitars, ensuring they would meet their demands with use. If this were not enough, they were also responsible for research and development. This ranged from making the prototypes and modifications for many new Ibanez models. For example the Burnt Stained Blue JEM was born in the Case Ave shop. In addition, most of Ibanez color samples came from Case Ave.  Click here for more hi-res pics GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS  MADE IN: L.A (USA) Built. COLOR: Mirror-like Black Gloss Finish. AGE: 12 Years Old (Since 1996). BODY: Alder Body SHAPE: Universe Shape, 25.5" Neck Scale. NECK: Maple Neck, Very Comfortable Thin Neck. BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Ibanez Lo Pro 7 Bridge. PICKUP: the first EMG-707 Pick-up ever (but now I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan Distortion 7) ;-). FINGERBOARD: Rosewood Fingerboard. FRETS: 24 Frets. VOLUME: 1 Rotary Knob. TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control. NUT: Locking Nut TUNERS: Gotoh. HARDCASE: UV1000C. OTHERS: It has the L.A.Custom Shop stamp on the back of the headstock
 GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS MADE IN: Bensalem, PA - USA 1992 AGE: 16 Years Old (since 1992). COLOR: Desert Yellow HEADSTOCK: Reversed BODY: Basswood - Alex Skolnick Shape NECK: Extra Wide 1 Piece Maple neck & thicker NECK SCALE: 25.5 FINGERBOARD: bound Rosewood with "Shark's Tooth" inlay HARDWARE COLOR: Cosmo Black BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Ibanez Edge Pro tremolo with synthesizer ready PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Custom 5 (Bridge) & Seymour Duncan 50th Anniversary Alnico 2 (Neck) FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control (again)! TUNERS: LSR Reversed
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 This is not an Yngwie Malmsteen signature guitar... this is a vintage 1970 Fender Stratocaster with a vintage 1970 Fender Strat lefty neck! It even comes with the original lefty hardcase! :-) GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
 This is the nylon guitar that Yngwie normally used from the "Trilogy" era until the "Seventh Sign" era.
 My main amp, finally.. my dream amp. It has everything I need in an amp! :-) The INVADER 150 is different! Maximum flexibility and control for any given playing situation. Easy to handle, focuses on pure tube tone. This amp does not feature the classic 4 channel head layout of a Clean-Crunch-Rhythm-Lead channel split. Named Channel 1, 2, 3, 4, these channels are capable of producing different Overdrive / Gain structures - from Crunch to High Gain. Every overdrive voicing in the channels sounds different. In conjunction with the HI / Lo Gain switch and a separate EQ section for each channel, there are no limits. Once you've tried it, you won't escape the INVADER. AMPLIFIER SPECIFICATIONS
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LINE 6 FBV LONG PEDALBOARD FEATURES
CABINET SPECIFICATIONS Each cab can be used in mono, or split into stereo. And each HD can power up to eight cabs, when only a wall sound will do.
 Left To Right:
 The overdrive pedal that Yngwie used on his earlier album.. i.e Rising Force or Marching Out.
 Enough said.. I love this pedalboard but don't like Vai at all. Dont get me wrong! LOL. :D
 Wanna hear my guitars? :-) Check out my YouTube videos: http://youtube.com/mayzantube MUSIC INSTRUMENT I PREVIOUSLY OWNED: Ibanez WRB-3 Reb Beach model (SOLD to Kosaku) :) , 1992 Ibanez Andy Timmons L.A Custom (previously owned by Andy Timmons in Danger Danger Era), 1992 Ibanez Reb Beach RBM L.A Custom, 1957 Fender Telecaster Blonde, 1961 Gibson Les Paul Cherry, 1979 Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer, 1979 MXR 10 band & 6 band EQ, Dirty Boy - Fuzzy Boy+Germanium+Tone Bully pedal, Radial Tonebone Trimode, Fulltone Clyde Deluxe, Wah, Line 6 Vetta II Head, Orange Thunderverb 200, Marshall Mark II Super Lead 1959 Reissue, Ibanez RG1520GK, Zoom Driver 5000, Roland Synthesizer GI-20, 1973 Eko Striptiso wah, Vox v847 wah, Fender Stratocaster 1972, (4) Fender Stratocaster 1974, Ibanez Universe UV77MC (Multicolor), Fender Stratocaster 1977, Zeta Electric Violin (black), Godin Multiac Synth, Laney TF-800 Head Amplifier, & Laney 4x12 Cabinet, Pandora PX-4, Ibanez PGM30 (White & Blue), Jackson Kelly, Ibanez RG550DY, Crate 160 watt combo amp, Hughes & Kettner amp, Digitech RP-1 guitar effect, Alesis Midiverb, Rockman Sustainer Preamp, Roland GR-33, Line 6 POD XTpro, Randall Cyclone Amp & 2 Cabinet & Ibanez 2077XL Baritone MUSIC INSTRUMENT I WISH TO HAVE: Uli John Roth's Sky Guitar, Jackson Death Kelly, Jackson Phil Collen Archtop, Ibanez Blues Saraceno & Jackson Roswellian Interference FAVOURITE GUITAR MAKERS: Jackson, Fender or maybe other guitar with reversed headstock and full binding? :D FAVOURITE GUITAR AMPLIFIERS: ENGL, Mesa Boogie (combo only) & Line 6. |
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