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What guitar does Judas Priest play?

Richie Faulkner was seen with his Gibson Flying V Custom, which he calls his main guitar with Priest, through a Marshall JCM800. Glenn Tipton was seen with his ESP GT-600 and an Engl Invader II, and Ian Hill with Spector Euro4 Ian Hill basses into an SWR SM-1500.

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What guitar does Richie Faulkner play?

His Gibson Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom with a Floyd Rose and signature EMG 57/66 pickups, which he calls the latest evolution of his main Priest guitar. He also has Custom Shop Flying Vs, an Explorer and 1976 and 1983 Les Paul Customs.

What amps does Judas Priest use?

Faulkner plays a Marshall JCM800 2203 and Wizard Modern Classic II into Wizard 4x12s with Celestion Redbacks. Glenn Tipton plays an Engl Invader II into Engl 4x12s. Ian Hill played an SWR SM-1500 with an SWR Triad cabinet.

What bass does Ian Hill play?

Four Spector Limited Edition Euro4 Ian Hill basses in two tunings, with DR Black Beauties strings, a Boss ME-50B and NS-2, into an SWR SM-1500. He has said you need a clean bass sound that cuts through the two distorted guitars.

How did Richie Faulkner record Invincible Shield?

He tracked his guitars at home on a Neural DSP Quad Cortex on a Marshall plexi-like setting.

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Judas Priest are the Birmingham heavy metal band of Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill and Scott Travis. This guide covers the band's gear as a whole from the Invincible Shield era: Tipton's ESP and Hamer signatures and Engl rig, Faulkner's Gibson Flying Vs and Marshall and Wizard amps, and Hill's Spector basses and SWR rig.

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