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Synyster Gates (born Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. on July 7, 1981) is the lead guitarist (and back-up singer) for Avenged Sevenfold. He attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California as part of the GIT program, and studied Jazz guitar. He is also a member of the band Pinkly Smooth, a side project with The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold's drummer). He is the son of Brian Haner, Sr., also a musican and songwriter who helped with guest guitar work on the album City of Evil. He says his biggest influences are Dimebag Darrell, Slash and John Petrucci. Synyster and Zacky Vengeance often play guitar back-to-back since Synyster is right-handed and Zacky is left-handed, this is visually appealing and has become a mainstay of the band's live shows.

In an old magazine article, Synyster claims to have come up with his name when he was seventeen years old. "I was out with Jimmy . We were drinking a lot and driving around the park in Jimmy's car. I was driving, as drunk as a fuck and all of a sudden I just blurted out, 'I am Synyster Gates and I am awesome!" I don't know why I said it (laughs) but now that's my name!" Synyster often sports a black hat on stage.

Equipment

Guitars

Synyster normally uses Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader pickups in his guitars.

Schecter - C-1 FR, PT Fastback, Custom Hellraiser Avenger
Gibson - Les Paul
Parker Guitars
B.C. Rich - Mockingbird

Amplifiers

Bogner Uberschall and Caveman

Speaker Cabinets

Bogner Uberkab 4x12 and standard Bogner 4x12

Effects Units

Frantone "The Sweet"
Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Boss CS-3 Compressor
Visual Sound H20 Chorus/Echo
Digitech Whammy Pedal
Jim Dunlop Dimebag Crybaby From Hell Wah-wah pedal
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Fuzz Pedal (possibly not used post-Avenged Sevenfold album Waking the Fallen)

Accessories

Ernie Ball 'skinny top, heavy bottom' strings
Jim Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm plectrums
Voodoo Labs GCX Guitar Audio Switcher rack unit
Voodoo Labs DMC Ground Control Pro

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