i don't know nothing about the drums, but in guitars: Citi of Evil and self-titled are Bogner , and Nightmare Marshall JVM (and some bogner , I dont believe that all te guitar sound comes from a JVM
Pickups always Seymour ducan invader I guess
I love this band also. I think they have some of the best vocal productions I have heard. Some people will snubb their noses and argue that and thats cool, but I love it.
Most of the material I've heard sound unmistakably unquantized. And I love it. The lead tones just suck though. I thought Syn was using his Hughes & Kettner for his leads?
I heard there are some electric drum kit tones blended in the live Portnoy performance... I don't really know, they kept some parts that The Rev did before he passed out.