What guitar does Mateus Asato play?
Mateus Asato has said he plays his Suhr signature Classic S and Classic T, through a Suhr Badger 35, Matchless DC30 or Bogner Shiva, with his Jackson Audio Asabi overdrive, Jackson Audio Golden Boy, Bloom and Modular Fuzz, a Dunlop Echoplex delay and a Strymon Flint.
Where to start with Mateus Asato's gear.
What guitar gear Mateus Asato uses: a sourced gear guide
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Guitars
Amps
“One is Suhr's Badger 35, which I love playing!”
“And a Matchless DC30.”
“I'm a big fan of my Bogner Shiva 20th Anniversary model.”
Pedals
“The Flint is probably one of my favourite pedals ever”
“any Neunaber reverb is one of my favorites!”
Studio
Records that shaped me
About Mateus Asato's gear.
What guitar does Mateus Asato play?
Suhr signature models: the Mateus Asato Classic S and the Classic T with a bound swamp ash body and pickups he co-designed with John Suhr, per Guitar.com and Gearnews. He told Gearnews he prefers single coils.
What amp does Mateus Asato use?
He told Gearnews in 2024 that a Suhr Badger 35 and a Matchless DC30 are his amps on stage, and his Bogner Shiva 20th Anniversary is the one he records with.
What pedals does Mateus Asato use?
His travel board in 2021 had his Jackson Audio Asabi plus Jackson Audio Golden Boy, Bloom and Modular Fuzz, a Dunlop Echoplex delay and a Strymon Flint, per Guitar.com. In 2024 he named Brown Amplification's The Protein and 1981 Inventions LVL as new finds.
Does Mateus Asato have a signature pedal?
Yes, the Jackson Audio Asabi, a two-channel overdrive with a transparent drive side and a distortion side, which he developed with Jackson Audio in 2020 and 2021.
Mateus Asato is the Brazilian neo-soul guitarist known for his online videos and touring with Tori Kelly, Jessie J and Bruno Mars. This guide covers his Suhr signature guitars, amps and pedals as he described them to Gearnews and Guitar.com.
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