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What gear does Opeth use?

Mikael Åkerfeldt has said the PRS P24 has become his ultimate guitar, played through a Marshall Satriani JVM. Fredrik Åkesson plays PRS P24 and McCarty 594 guitars, Martín Méndez uses his Sandberg signature bass and EBS amps, and Waltteri Väyrynen was seen with a Pearl Reference Pure kit.

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What gear Opeth uses: a sourced gear guide

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Mikael Åkerfeldt: vocals and guitar

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Fredrik Åkesson: guitar

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Martín Méndez: bass

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Joakim Svalberg: keyboards

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Waltteri Väyrynen: drums

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Martin Axenrot: drums (former)

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What guitar does Mikael Åkerfeldt play?

PRS. He has said the P24 has become his ultimate guitar, plays a McCarty II in drop A and has a PRS SE signature. On Pale Communion he also used a '67 Gibson Flying V and two '60s Strats, and he has said he used a '90s Telecaster on The Last Will and Testament.

What amp does Mikael Åkerfeldt use?

Mikael Åkerfeldt has said he mainly used a Marshall Satriani JVM head and a handwired reissue Bluesbreaker combo on Pale Communion, with Marshall 1960 4x12s. Premier Guitar's 2020 Rig Rundown showed a Synergy preamp with Friedman Dirty Shirley and Soldano SLO modules.

What pedals does Mikael Åkerfeldt use?

Mikael Åkerfeldt has called the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone his favourite phaser and said his Strymon BlueSky is set on spring and nearly always on. He also uses an MXR Carbon Copy for leads, an EarthQuaker Grand Orbiter and a Way Huge Supa-Puss.

What guitar does Fredrik Åkesson play?

PRS guitars, including a P24 he said he uses most, a McCarty 594, a P245 he likes for palm-muted riffing and a P22. He ran a Marshall Satriani JVM with an Xotic EP Booster on for solos and an MXR Echoplex Delay, and has played a '55 Les Paul Jr. on record.

What bass does Martín Méndez play?

Martín Méndez has said he mostly used Fender Jazz basses in Opeth until he got his Sandberg signature bass around 2018, which he has played ever since, through an EBS 802 head and EBS Classic 810 cabinet.

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Opeth are the Stockholm progressive metal band of Mikael Åkerfeldt, Fredrik Åkesson, Martín Méndez, Joakim Svalberg and Waltteri Väyrynen, behind Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries and The Last Will and Testament. This guide covers the band's documented gear: Åkerfeldt's PRS P24 and Marshall Satriani JVM, Åkesson's PRS guitars and pedals, Méndez's Sandberg signature bass and EBS rig, Svalberg's keys and the band's drummers.

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