Dino Cazares

Dino Cazares with Ibanez RG2228 Prestige 8-String

Dino Cazares, born in El Centro, California (09/02/1967), is the guitarist for Fear Factory. He also plays in the bands Divine Heresy and Asesino.

Before joining Fear Factory, Cazares was in a grindcore band, Excruciating Terror.

Dino Cazares met drummer Raymond Herrera and formed Fear Factory in 1989 under the name Ulceration (renamed to Fear Factory in 1990).

Dino Cazares' Equipment

Cazares' main guitars in Fear Factory were custom-made 7-string Ibanez models with Seymour Duncan Blackouts pickups(usually de-tuned a whole step to allow for even lower registers). In Asesino he uses an Ibanez prototype 8-string guitar (standard tuning with two extra basses: (F#,B,E,A,D,G,B, E) with Seymour Duncan Blackout 8 active pickups. His guitar tone was from a modified Marshall JCM800 head with scooped mids and high treble settings to produce the tone which has been so influential to metal players.

He is currently endorsing the Ibanez Toneblaster amps and plays custom-made 8-string RG and Xiphos guitars made by Ibanez. 2007, he switched pickups to Seymour Duncan AHB-1 Blackout active pickups, which, he helped design with Duncan.

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