Monday, April 1, 2013
Guitars & Basses
Fredrik Thordendal's main guitar for this tour is an 8-string Ibanez
Custom Shop "Stone Man" 27" scale guitar built on his own design
(pictured, left), incorporating elements of the Fireman, Firebrand, and
Explorer guitars with Flying V knob placement. It has Lundgren M8 bridge
and neck pickups with a coil split. He also uses the Japanese version
of his signature Ibanez M8M, which is a 29.4" scale length. He uses a
foam mute after the locking nut on all of his guitars. The 8-strings are
tuned a half-step down, and he experiments with string gauges to get
the feel that he's looking for.
Mårten Hagström's main guitar is a stock Japanese Ibanez M8M with alder
body and Lundgren M8 pickups, also tuned a half-step down with a foam
mute, as well as an Ibanez M8M with a swamp ash body (pictured, middle)
for the first half of the set.
Dick Lövgren's main bass is nicknamed the Devil (pictured, right). It is
a custom Warwick Dolphin Pro I 5-string with Bartolini pickups, an
upside-down cross inlay, and is tuned Ab, Eb, Bb, F, Bb. He also uses a
Warwick Dolphin Pro II 5-string, and a stock 4-string Warwick Stryker
with black hardware tuned down 1.5 steps for "Bleed."
To see the video click the link( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAFJmgA2G5E&feature=player_embedded )
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