ICED EARTH: Jon Schaffer's Gear

Even if you're not a gear head, you'll still enjoy this peek behind the scenes.

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[Decklocation]

It annoys me when people think that snake is a Metallica symbol...

[BennettChainmail]

So Scott Ian is Jon's guitar tech?

[lordmorgoth7]

hey man i sit to experiment and experiment with the shit i got for pedal and i got a very shaffer sound i used a rectifier amp modelation a little noise gate bass 8 middle 7 trebble 9 play with your pedal arround those settings, i got a digititefch rp 55 is shit if you ever have the chance to buy one dont do it, btw i use 0.10 strings

[Ocean Tiss]

i don't mean to discredit jon or anything, but when i play rythem, especialy his parts, i sound almost exactly like him. i don't have a gibson or any fancy schmancy heads or anything, i have a peavey mystic guitar from 1986 with all the stock everything, a fender amp, medium strings, and i use really thick stubby plastic gel picks. i just have hands and fingers very similar to jon's. tone is 95% the player, and 4% gear. the other 1% is the acoustics of the venue.

[lordmorgoth7]

0.13

[VincentMusicMetal]

hahah I also use my Ibanez gio (black night version with hsh config.) for tunings below E:) I think he mentiones in the vid that he uses 0.12?

[lordmorgoth7]

his amps are insane bro. check out ww w.larry-amplification. de

besides that get 2 Icebuckers bridge and neck and if you have room for a single coil use a seymour duncan. get cover the all of them. i dont got the moneu for a baddas LP. so I use my old Ibanez gio it sounds decent may be if you got a BC rich it would sound very close. cheers man! oh btw use 0.10 chords to get a solid nsound and play solos. 0.11 or 0.12 only for rithym 0.13 will fucking kill you... D:

[VincentMusicMetal]

shieeeet.. I want that sound!

[lordmorgoth7]

i think he does not, I am reading and wandering across the internet. His amps are insane...

[VincentMusicMetal]

doesn't he use any pedals at all?

[MultipleScrotum]

Not necessarily, but it's worth thinking about.