gear

[BrandonS]

Greets.

I didn't know if there was a list anywhere, but I was wondering what gear the guys use. What's Swanos' gear? Nouga's?

I'm particularly interested in hearing what heads / cabs / interfaces used by the band and in Swanos home studio!

 

[Dan Swanö]

The stuff we use at the moment is:

Rehearsal:

Dan:

Gibson SG
Peavey 5150 MkI + Marshall JCM1960
BOSS GX700
AKG wireless
DB IN ear
Tech 21 floorboard

Dag:

Ibanez Blazer
Peavey 5150 Mk1 + Marshall JCM1960
POD XT + modelpacks
Digitech Floorboard

Studio:

Dan:

Revalver II

Dag:

Pod XT

When we can, we use whatever good valveamps we can find..
Mesa Boogie is nice, but for the next record I suspect we will try a combinator of "kött" like Mesa and "tone" like an old Marshall

Hej hej

Dan

 

[Kenneth R.]

AKG wireless? Is it any good Dan? I've got a Shure model that has too much static on the line.

 

[Teh Noonster]

Ah, I see Dag uses the POD XT. I've been contemplating getting one of those for a while. And I guess if it's good enough for Nightingale it'll surely to the trick for me.

 

[BrandonS]

I saw a used JCM1960 Marshall but decided to pick up something else. I ordered stuff a week ago, and I was surprised to see we chose the same amp head to say the least. It must be good, I'm excited to try it out once it comes in... So you guys use multi-effects pedals like the Boss and Pod stuff instead of getting like, a distortion pedal, and individual pedals? Do you find that you get better results that way or what?

Thanks a ton for the typing, Dan! I'm really curious to know though, what is so great about the Marshall JCM1960's? They're a bit pricy, ain't they?

 

[Gurgelguff]

So you guys use multi-effects pedals like the Boss and Pod stuff instead of getting like, a distortion pedal, and individual pedals? Do you find that you get better results that way or what?

I only have two feets and i need at least one to stand on
The way we change sounds it would be impossible to use Stompboxes.
I think stompboxes is a bit overrated. Programming rules
In a live situation, 9 out of 10 times, a ( fat ) soundguys gonna fuck up
your sound anyway

 

[BrandonS]

Hahah... Well I was thinking of becoming a soundguy, but I don't want to be the fat soundguy responsible for ruining tones that everyone hates. So were you justifying using a multi-effects pedal because the guy will ruin it anyway, or do you genuinely believe that the multi-effects pedals give better results than stompboxes?

Though I do agree, hahah!! Running across the stage to every corner to kick a different stomp box would be a funny thing to see, and probably very tiring for the guitarist. Cheers!

 

[L0bster]

If you're rich you could midi-control a set of sompboxes the same way as a multi-pedal. But that still includes moving around 15 stompboxes to each gig etc, I go with the multi-fx, in my case, boss gt-6. I've seen Dan Swanö, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Anders Nyström live with those GT-babies, and, well, its a nice gadget in every way, takes some time to master the tweaking.

 

[The inquisitor]

Dan, care to share some Revalver 2 presets?

 

[Gurgelguff]

pedal because the guy will ruin it anyway, or do you genuinely believe that the multi-effects pedals give better results than stompboxes?

I haven´t heard many "new" stomboxes and i haven´t used one for 10 years. The Line6 stuff is the only digital i know well and i think
they sounds like the "old anlog" boxes as far as i remember.
I think almost any stuff sounds good enough these days.
Just give me a few minutes and it sounds like me, whatever amp/effects:
Its all in the fingers

 

[Cheiron]

Well I'm glad you guys use lots of sounds. Its nice hearing bands that aren't afraid to have various tones, effects on. So many metal bands dial in one tone/sound and record 3 albums worth of it.

Nice to hear props for digital systems too, as I keep debating if I want to buy more digital or analog, and where to start for effects pedals. Think I'll just get a digital combo one instead of one for each type of sound.