Opeth gear

[Witcheschair]

What gear did the guitarist of opeth use to record the watershed album?
I know what gear the use previous but did they change equipment at all?

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Pretty sure a Laney VH100R or GH100L (same drive channel) was used. Mikhael used several PRS Custom 24's and I BELIEVE Fredrik used several PRS Singlecuts.

 

[VBCheeseGrater]

I remember him mentioning Marshalls, JCM800 i believe in an interview for some stuff. He said he was really going for the old school tones.

Edit, nevermind, you said watershed....for Heritage, the marshalls

 

[Lycanthropy1313]

PRS Modern Eagle(s), Singlecut 24, Custom 24
Marshall JVM
Laney GH100L
Laney Lionheart
Digitech GSP1101

 

[MobiusR]

i don't remember clearly but live they use the Laney's (as mentioned above) as power amps with a Boss GT10 for distortion/cleans/etc.

 

[Witcheschair]

thanks, because I just saw them live in vancouver a week or so ago and there tone was the best I have heard them live. Was wondering if they had switched in the last few years. Because they have been playing the same gear for what looks like 6 years

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Yeah man when I saw them live they were using PRS + Laney + Boss GT stuff. Granted, that was like...in 08 or something

 

[Witcheschair]

at least they are still rocking the hell out of it

 

[amarshism]

Live axefx into the jvm power section.

 

[Wookieslayer]

From the producer, Jens Bogren, himself:

Ultimate Metal Forum - View Single Post - JENS BOGREN - my new hero

On Watershed i used the Marshall JVM together with the Mesa cab for the main rhythms. The secondary pair is Mesa Dual Rectifier through the MF400. SM57 and Royer on the main pair, 2x SM57 and one SM58 on the secondary pair (if my memory serves me).

This thread is a very cool read btw,
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/429348-jens-bogren-my-new-hero-2.html



Live they were using Laneys, and probably Boss GT-8 or GT-10 for distortion.

 

[7slinger]

mastodon/opeth tonight for me - I'll see if I can get a look

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

mastodon/opeth tonight for me - I'll see if I can get a look

Pretty sure you're going to see Fredrik using a JVM410, Mikael using a Marshall Vintage Modern, and a couple of Axe-FX's.

On Watershed i used the Marshall JVM together with the Mesa cab for the main rhythms. The secondary pair is Mesa Dual Rectifier through the MF400. SM57 and Royer on the main pair, 2x SM57 and one SM58 on the secondary pair (if my memory serves me).

Huh, thats surprising... I always thought that Laneys were the main studio amps.

 

[BabUShka]

I bought my JVM because of Opeth, and it sure suits their music. Love this amp!
I'll try to look closely on their gear when I'm seeing them im 4 weeks from now

 

[VBCheeseGrater]

thanks, because I just saw them live in vancouver a week or so ago and there tone was the best I have heard them live. Was wondering if they had switched in the last few years. Because they have been playing the same gear for what looks like 6 years

Yeah i'm pretty sure live Akerfelt uses the Boss GT for most of his tones, whereas Akesson uses the amp + tons of pedals. He went from Blackstar to Marshall recently.

Michael went to Axe FX now? Wonder if he is using amp models or just effects.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Yeah i'm pretty sure live Akerfelt use the Boss GT for most of his tones, whereas Akesson uses the amp + tons of pedals. He went from Blackstar to Marshall recently.

I think they both switched to Axe FX's back in 2010. I'm pretty sure Mikael uses the Axe for the amp sims and Fredrik uses the effects.

 

[ShredCrab]

Not sure whether they're using AxeFx's along with an amp but they are definitely using Marshalls. Frederick with JVM and Mikael with Vintage Modern, thats what Marshall stated a couple of months back at least.

 

[linqua]

in the studio they use the laney gh100l mostly. sometimes for certain things theyll use fender or lionheart. they only use the boss gt10 for live sounds. they use pretty much stock prs custom 24. he has his signature but the main difference is the woods used, the pickups are the standard vintage jazz and im not sure about the bridge actually. fredrik used to use marshall jvm, but now he uses blackstar series one which also was on watershed.

 

[Witcheschair]

Keep in mind that at shows and such they may not have their own gear all of the time.

 

[AliceLG]

Last rig rundown I saw, about 3 months ago and for the current tour:

Mikael - Vintage Modern + AxeFx
Fredrik - Series One 100 + a couple of pedals including an HT-DRIVE, a RotoVibe, a Volume, an expression pedal for a delay (can't remember which one though) and GCP + GCX

It might well be that Fredrik switched to the AxeFx, but I think he's still on the Blackstars

 

[7slinger]

so what I saw last night as they were moving gear off the stage (after Opeth didn't play ) was a rack with 2 marshall heads in it and 2 axefx in it. couldn't see what was on the pedalboards