Marty Friedman has sold over 10 million albums with the multi-platinum band Megadeth. He has also a dedicated following for his own solo albums of orchestral soundtrack style music, of which he has recorded 4 to date. Marty has toured the world several times over very successfully with Megadeth. Along with touring, he has done many music/guitar seminars and clinics all over the U.S., Japan, Europe and South America. Marty is also a regular columnist for Guitar World magazine, Young Guitar magazine (Japan) and Burrn Magazine (Japan) in which he is now in his fifth year of writing a popular monthly column in Japanese. Marty has also helped Jackson Guitars design his own signature model guitar (the KE-1) that has been selling consistently since it was put on the market in February 1996.