Synyster Gates

About Synyster Gates

Avenged Sevenfold's lead guitarist and the metal band Pinkly Smooth's guitarist. He has a special Schecter guitar line.

Brian Elwin Haner Jr., known as Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist and undersinger of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He is ranked 9th in the list of the best guitar metal artists of all time in the guitar world. Gates was voted the world's best metal guitarist by Total Guitar in 2016 and again in 2017

Instruments	Guitar, vocals, piano
Labels	Capitol, Good Life, Hopeless, Warner Bros, Bucktan
Born	July 07, 1981, Long Beach, California, U.S.
Years active	1999–present
Birth name	Brian Elwin Haner Jr.
Associated acts	Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth
Also known as	Syn, Gates
Genres	Heavy metal, progressive metal, hard rock, metalcore
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter

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Trivia

He has performed with the band Good Charlotte.

Synyster Gates before fame

Before joining Avenged Sevenfold, he attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.

Achievement of Synyster Gates

He was a member of the band Good Charlotte.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$16 Million

Synyster Gates family life

In 2010, he married Michelle DiBenedetto. They welcomed their first child, Nicolangelo Saint James Haner in May of 2017.

Associations of Synyster Gates

He is in Avenged Sevenfold with Zacky Vengeance.

Synyster Gates Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	178 cm
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Hair Color	N/A