newer ones that he uses on tour. In the studio, Batio also uses the following effects pedals: Vintage Digitech Whammy Dunlop Cry Baby Vintage Digitech 256 multifx Eventide Eclipse Rocktron Chameleon Pre amp Rocktron Voodoo Valve Pre amp Rocktron Intellifex Rocktron Replifex Amplification During his years with Nitro, Batio used Randall amplifiers. However, he used a Marshall amp early in his career, a JCM 800 (which was modified, mainly by Jose Arrendondo). In later years he made particular use of the JCM 900, when recording No Boundaries, and has primarily used this and other Marshall amps since. Currently, Batio typically uses Marshall JCM 2000 amps on tour, which also appear on his more recent studio records. In the studio, he also uses the Marshall JMP-1 preamp and Rocktron Chameleon and Voodoo Valve preamps. Batio's cabinet setup consists of 4x12 Marshall cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s and Greenbacks, in mono and stereo. Other equipment Strings Batio uses Ernie Ball guitar strings, favoring the .009 to .042 models for soloing and most rhythm guitar parts while thicker gauge strings are used for detuned guitars. The acoustic gauge is normally .010 to .047 or .011 to .052. Picks For most of his career, Batio used Dunlop Jazz III picks as his guitar pick of choice, and has used the 'teardrop' shape of pick since he first started playing. However, in 2016, Batio released the "Michael Angelo Batio Signature 1.3mm Dura Picks, Premium Shredder Jazz Shaped Pick" from ChromaCast. These picks are a slightly larger version of his former favorite Dunlop Jazz III picks, made with a different material. For his acoustic work, Batio will sometimes use different picks. Discography No Boundaries (1995) Planet Gemini (1997) Tradition (1999) Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity (2000) Holiday Strings (2001) Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2 (2004) Hands Without Shadows (2005) 2 X Again (2007) Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices (2009) Backing Tracks (2010) Intermezzo (2013) Shred Force 1: The Essential MAB (2015) Soul in Sight (2016) More Machine Than Man (2020) References External links 2015 Michael Angelo Batio Interview on Guitar.com American heavy metal guitarists Living people Nitro (band) members Northeastern Illinois University alumni Lead guitarists American people of Italian descent American people of German descent American music educators Guitarists from Chicago 20th-century American guitarists Shout (band) members Educators from Illinois 21st-century American guitarists Year of birth missing (living people)