time. Shredders are the guys in your friend’s basement who play insanely fast, and it just looks so mind-blowing and amazingly cool with their fingers flying all around the neck, but if you close your eyes and actually listen, what you hear is a pile of shit. You all know what I’m talking about." Amplifiers and effects Engl Signature Marty Friedman Inferno (current) Fractal Audio Axe-FX II processor (current) Engl Special Edition (former) Engl Powerball (2011 tour) Custom Audio Electronics CAE 3+ preamp (Countdown, Youthanasia albums and tours) (former) Soldano SLO-100 (custom rackmount with slave out and effects loop circa 1992, used in studio for both guitar and bass tracks) Bogner Triple Giant #11/25 (Rust in Peace album and tour) (former) Rocktron/Bradshaw RSB 11 controller Crate Blue Voodoo (as power amp, former) VHT 2150 power amp (former) Maxon AF-9 Auto Wah Discography Hawaii Shout Cacophony Megadeth Tourniquet Enzo and the Glory Ensemble Solo Guest appearances References External links Rock Fujiyama official website Shrapnel Records official website American emigrants to Japan American heavy metal guitarists Avex Group artists Lead guitarists Living people Megadeth members People from Laurel, Maryland Jewish American musicians Jewish heavy metal musicians 20th-century American guitarists Explorers Club (band) members Cacophony (band) members Shout (band) members Shrapnel Records artists 1962 births