Marty Friedman appreciation thread

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He is my #1 shredmaster. Chris Broderick is a virtuoso but he couldn't replicate Marty's nuances.

No delay, no echo...just Marty's sick AF chops through a JB..


If you listen closely with high quality speakers/amp or headphones, the overtones from the pickup just beg for more. SD RULES.
 
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One of the greatest metal solos ever. That said, listening to it stripped of the context of the other instruments, even as repetitive as the backing riff is, it just doesn't hit the same for me as an isolated track.
 
Possibly the greatest metal solo ever, with Lucretia a very close second, just missing out 🙂
What shouldn't go unnoticed are Mustaine's groovy riffs.
 
Mustaine's solos were Newstead'd/Burton'd where they were underproduced. I would look forward to a remaster by Rick Rubin or someone of that calibre to reproduce/remaster albums that were greatly misrepresented/underproduced. There are so many classic albums that deserve to be produced properly.
 
Marty will always be my favourite Megadeth guitarist, which is saying something because that band has always had top-quality lead guitarists the whole way, from Chris Poland and Jeff Young in the pre-Marty era through to Kiko Loureiro and Teemu (cannot remember how to spell his last name lol) today. Hell, even one-off guys like Al Pitrelli and Glen Drover are worth listening to in their own right.

There is just something about Marty, though. Those blazing legato runs that almost verge on neo-classical fit Mustaine's rhythm like a glove. And that era of the band clearly inspired Mustaine to write his best work, songwriting credits be damned.
 
great solo for sure! havent listened to this track in a while, still kicks ass
 
Marty never seemed like a gear guy, from what I can tell his techs/producers would've been more involved with the details of his setup. He strikes me to be a more of a plug the guitar in and play kind of guy.
 
l0rdhumungus said:
Marty never seemed like a gear guy, from what I can tell his techs/producers would've been more involved with the details of his setup. He strikes me to be a more of a plug the guitar in and play kind of guy.
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It's kinda weird. Every piece of gear he endorses he treats like a black box. "I just plug in and it makes the sounds I need." He's a bit different because most gear endorsers are the opposite.

I feel a little bad for him. His new Tech21 signature pedal (which I want to try) just has "Marty" on the front. He can't use his last name on music gear for obvious reasons.

His playing is fundamentally different, when I have learned his solos I don't really feel like I've learned anything, just memorized what he did. Its not even like I break out pieces of his solos in my own playing.
 
l0rdhumungus said:
Marty never seemed like a gear guy, from what I can tell his techs/producers would've been more involved with the details of his setup. He strikes me to be a more of a plug the guitar in and play kind of guy.
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I've watched a few interviews of Marty and his techs. Marty uses very few effects and the pedals are set to very minimalistic settings. Every pedal brings just a slight touch of a effect. The interviews are from Marty's solo career. Don't know if he used any effects on Megadeth recordings.
 
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