Epiphone
UpTown Kat ES, Sapphire Blue Metallic
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“It was singing to me from off the wall”
Seen in Nickelback's Chad Kroeger reveals the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound (Guitar World), November 2022
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5 items · Last checked What guitar does Chad Kroeger play?
Chad Kroeger has said he played a black Explorer with EMG pickups through a Mesa/Boogie in the San Quentin video, and was seen with an Epiphone UpTown Kat ES in Those Days. He has said a PRS Hollowbody II 10 Top lived in his living room, and that he demoed on Pro Tools.
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Guitars
“It was singing to me from off the wall”
Seen in Nickelback's Chad Kroeger reveals the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound (Guitar World), November 2022
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PRS
Hollowbody II 10 Top
Has said they use
“It plays like an electric, obviously, but it sounds like an acoustic.”
Said in Nickelback's Chad Kroeger reveals the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound (Guitar World), November 2022
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EMG
Active pickups
Has said they use
“I'm playing a black Explorer with EMGs through a Mesa.”
Said in Nickelback's Chad Kroeger reveals the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound (Guitar World), November 2022
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Amps
Mesa/Boogie
Guitar amp
Has said they use
Mesa/Boogie
Guitar amp“As soon as you put EMGs into anything and run it through a Boogie, you're definitely getting that Metallica sound.”
Said in Nickelback's Chad Kroeger reveals the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound (Guitar World), November 2022
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Recording
Avid
Pro Tools rig on the tour bus
Has said they use
Said in Chad Kroeger: Nickelback (Sound On Sound), May 2003
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Questions
About Chad Kroeger's gear.
What guitar does Chad Kroeger play?
He told Guitar World in 2022 that he played a black Explorer with EMGs in the San Quentin video, and that his living room guitars were an Epiphone UpTown Kat ES in Sapphire Blue Metallic and a PRS Hollowbody II 10 Top.
What amp does Chad Kroeger use?
He has said he ran the Explorer through a Mesa/Boogie, and that EMGs into a Boogie gets you that Metallica sound.
What DAW does Chad Kroeger use?
He told Sound On Sound in 2003 that his tour bus housed a Pro Tools rig for writing and demoing.
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