--- title: "Best Synyster Gates Sayings" description: "Brian Elwin Haner Jr., better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b052/author-synyster-gates-7851.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b052/author-synyster-gates-7851.jpg) # Synyster Gates (1981) Guitarist **87** quotes in **324** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Synyster Gates is a guitarist. ## Quick Facts About Synyster Gates Born July 7, 1981 Profession Guitarist ## About Synyster Gates Brian Elwin Haner Jr., better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. ## Quotes by Synyster Gates · Page 3 > [We're trying to leave no stone unturned, to push forward in every aspect of what it means to be a band. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/we-re-trying-to-leave-no-stone-unturned-to-push-forward-in-every/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/synyster-gates-7851_band_we-re-trying-to-leave-no-stone-unturned_888277.jpg) > [We spend a lot of time with MIDI keyboards and various processors, and we just figure it out. And all those things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/we-spend-a-lot-of-time-with-midi-keyboards-and-various-processors-and/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everything/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/synyster-gates-7851_everything_we-spend-a-lot-of-time-with-midi-keyboar_609541.png) > [Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/everything-from-the-lyrics-to-the-production-solos-to-the-writing-it/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/synyster-gates-7851_day_everything-from-the-lyrics-to-the-produc_77168.jpg) > [I think, back when I was younger, I was a lot more confident about certain things that I would write, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/i-think-back-when-i-was-younger-i-was-a-lot-more-confident-about/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/synyster-gates-7851_band_i-think-back-when-i-was-younger-i-was-a_604718.png) > [Always been purple. Like I remember being in the first grade, looking up at the color charts, and saying, 'Man, purple is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/always-been-purple-like-i-remember-being-in-the-first-grade-looking/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Color](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/synyster-gates-7851_color_always-been-purple-like-i-remember-being_2913858.png) > [Korn is great friends of ours, so to be on tour with friends is usually our number one. We've been very blessed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/korn-is-great-friends-of-ours-so-to-be-on-tour-with-friends-is/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Bands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/synyster-gates-7851_bands_korn-is-great-friends-of-ours-so-to-be-o_2200488.png) > [I use Bogner amps and custom-designed Schecter guitars with Seymour Duncan Invader pickups. I beef up my tone with a Boss CS-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/i-use-bogner-amps-and-custom-designed-schecter-guitars-with-seymour/) [Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/) [Beef](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beef/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/synyster-gates-7851_beef_i-use-bogner-amps-and-custom-designed-sc_1170081.jpg) ## Synyster Gates by topic [Song (34)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/synyster-gates/) [Music (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/synyster-gates/) [Us (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/us/synyster-gates/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/#itemlist", "name": "Synyster Gates Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're trying to leave no stone unturned, to push forward in every aspect of what it means to be a band. 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