ESP
Eclipse-II (Mike Spreitzer)
Top 5Has said they use
“It sounded awesome”
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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For DevilDriver's Trust No One, Mike Spreitzer has said he played an ESP Eclipse-II with Bare Knuckle Aftermath pickups through a Kemper, reamped via a Driftwood Purple Nightmare and a Mesa cab. Live, he moved to a Fractal Axe-Fx II with JH Audio in-ears, and he has said he wrote in Cubase.
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Guitars
ESP
Eclipse-II (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
“It sounded awesome”
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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ESP
Custom V Series (Mike Spreitzer)
Seen using
Seen in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Bare Knuckle
Aftermath humbuckers (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Bare Knuckle
Aftermath humbuckers (Mike Spreitzer)Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Fishman
Fluence Modern humbuckers (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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EMG
81 and 60 humbucker sets (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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S.I.T. Strings
Power Steel .010-.052 strings (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
S.I.T. Strings
Power Steel .010-.052 strings (Mike Spreitzer)Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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InTune
.88 mm picks (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Live rig
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Mission Engineering
EP1-KP expression pedal (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Mission Engineering
EP1-KP expression pedal (Mike Spreitzer)Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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JH Audio
JH16 Pro custom in-ear monitors (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Blackstar
Amps used before the switch to Fractal (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Studio
Kemper
Profiling Amplifier, used on Trust No One (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
“We recorded in my studio using a Kemper Profiling Amplifier”
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Driftwood
Purple Nightmare, for reamping (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
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Mesa/Boogie
Cab with Celestion Vintage 30s (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
No store page for this one.
Celestion
Vintage 30 speakers (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Celestion
Vintage 30 speakers (Mike Spreitzer)Said in DevilDriver's Mike Spreitzer Takes the Wheel (Premier Guitar), June 2016
No store page for this one.
Steinberg
Cubase, for writing and home recording (Mike Spreitzer)
Has said they use
Questions
About DevilDriver's gear.
What guitar does Mike Spreitzer play?
He told Premier Guitar in 2016 that his main guitar for Trust No One was an ESP Eclipse-II with Bare Knuckle Aftermath humbuckers. He was also pictured with an ESP Custom V Series.
What amp did DevilDriver use on Trust No One?
Mike Spreitzer said the album was tracked with a Kemper Profiling Amplifier, then reamped through a Driftwood Purple Nightmare and a Mesa/Boogie cab with Celestion Vintage 30s.
What does Mike Spreitzer play live?
For the 2016 tour he said a Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II became the backbone of his live rig, replacing the Blackstar amps he had used, with JH Audio JH16 Pro in-ear monitors.
What DAW does Mike Spreitzer use?
He has called himself a Cubase guy and said he built layered DevilDriver riffs in it in his home studio.
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