Marty Friedman is currently on tour in Australia for various clinics and the guys at Iheartguitar have managed to catch him for a quick interview. Here’s a quick snippet:

A while back, you had a signature Ibanez guitar based off the SZ-shape. More recently you’ve been photographed playing Les Pauls. Are you still with Ibanez? And what is it about Les Pauls that does it for you?
I will play anything that sounds great and stays in tune. Believe it or not, very few guitars can do that to my scrutiny. I think Les Pauls are great looking and sounding guitars. Lately I have been playing mostly PRS and Gibson, but I play Ibanez and some others too.

Catch the whole interview on the iheartguitar blog