I think it's pretty common knowledge that Mike (and possibly Frederik now too?) uses the Boss GT-8 effects-board into a clean Laney amp in live situations.
I've recently bought the new model, the GT-10 which, in addition to some major and minor improvements, can pretty much do what the GT-8 can.
Since I like Opeth's sound a lot, also (or especially) the live sound, I was wondering if anyone, hopefully Mighty Mike himself, could point me to a few of the settings he uses live.
I wouldn't need a complete rundown of every minuscule effect in each patch, but for starters I would very much be interested in the type of preamp model (if any) and/or distortion he uses for his distorted sounds, as well as maybe (but not necessarily) if and how Channels A/B are set up differently from each other.
As for the clean sounds, maybe a pointer to the preamp also, as well as any other major effects.
I know these things can be quite complicated, and I don't even know if Mikael programs his unit himself or if he has a tech doing it, but since the GT units have endless list of emulated preamps and overdrives/distortions, I was wondering which ones to use as a starting-point to get my own sound, modelled after Opeth's.
Any insight would be very welcome!
I've recently bought the new model, the GT-10 which, in addition to some major and minor improvements, can pretty much do what the GT-8 can.
Since I like Opeth's sound a lot, also (or especially) the live sound, I was wondering if anyone, hopefully Mighty Mike himself, could point me to a few of the settings he uses live.
I wouldn't need a complete rundown of every minuscule effect in each patch, but for starters I would very much be interested in the type of preamp model (if any) and/or distortion he uses for his distorted sounds, as well as maybe (but not necessarily) if and how Channels A/B are set up differently from each other.
As for the clean sounds, maybe a pointer to the preamp also, as well as any other major effects.
I know these things can be quite complicated, and I don't even know if Mikael programs his unit himself or if he has a tech doing it, but since the GT units have endless list of emulated preamps and overdrives/distortions, I was wondering which ones to use as a starting-point to get my own sound, modelled after Opeth's.
Any insight would be very welcome!