Rabea Massaad
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Rabea Massaad is the role model of a modern guitarist demonstraing par excellence how to persist in this demanding business.
His unique career as a musician, songwriter, producer and mixing engineer is built on two healthy legs, each with a considerable footprint.
For one, with sophisticated, powerful and atmospheric guitar playing he supplies his bands with the latest licks for their numerous live gigs and studio sessions.
But his extemely popular YouTube channel is where it’s really at.
Thus, the controls for “Bea” are set to 11, both online and offline.
For many of his subscribers, Rabea Massaad is among the best guitarists of our time.
In his videos he showcases his extraordinary technique on the latest gear – and they‘d all follow.
With only a single upload, he gathers up to 500,000 viewers on his channel, making him one of the most successful gear YouTubers out there.
The sympathetic Brit regularly delivers the latest in hot equipment and heavy riffs off his attic homestudio.
His audience love him for tips & tricks on sounds and playing styles, always presented on cutting edge elecronics.
Massaad also plays with the chart-topping progressive/djent bands Dorje and Toska, which have had number one success in the US and UK.
However, despite the rather heavy orientation of these bands, Rabea does not consider himself as a metal guitarist. His talent is far too vast to be reduced to just one genre.
For a long time, it didn’t look like a career as a guitarist. In his early years, Rabea played the drums.
“Thanks” to a leg injury that the passionate skateboarder sustained in the halfpipe, he was unable to operate his drumset for several months and thus filled this musical gap by picking up the guitar.
His strong sense of rhythm, which he had acquired from playing the drums, helped him to progress quickly. When he finally got his own guitar at the age of 16, the success story took its course.
By playing after bands like Extreme, Metallica or The Darkness as accurately as possible, Rabea acquired a razor-sharp technique.
Influenced by these contemporary acts, he eventually started writing his own songs and practised his skills as a songwriter.
Rabea loves gear. That’s clear to anyone who has visited Bea’s YouTube channel at least once.
Yet he was a guitar straight into the amp believer for a long time but a fellow musician convinced him how different guitars, amps, effects and cables offer more colours on the tonal palette.
Since 2011, everything that amplifies, distorts, vibrates or records has been closely scrutinised.
Due to the growing popularity of his work, Rabea Massaad was able to move from the attic into a much more professional production space for making music, live sessions and YouTube content.
For his newly acquired studio he relies on KLOTZ cables to transmit every note of his recordings clearly and unaltered, thus recording every amp and instrument the best way possible.
We are proud Rabea Massaad has opted for KLOTZ cables and to have him now on board as an official KLOTZ artist.
Welcome to the #KLOTZfamily!