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What gear does Puscifer use?

Puscifer's Mat Mitchell has been seen using custom headless Kiesel Type-X guitars, a Fractal Axe-Fx III, a Waldorf Iridium and Shure Axient wireless onstage, and a Steinberger GL2T, Fairlight CMI, Fender Custom Shop Esquire and Mesa/Boogie Mark II C+ for recording Existential Reckoning.

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What guitar does Mat Mitchell play?

Onstage, three custom headless Kiesel Type-X guitars with swamp ash bodies and Seymour Duncan Tele pickups. He relied on a Steinberger GL2T while recording Existential Reckoning.

What amp does Mat Mitchell use?

Live he has run a Fractal Axe-Fx III with no amps or cabinets onstage, with patches based on a Mesa/Boogie Mark II C+ and a Fender Vibro-King. In the studio he was seen with a real Mark II C+.

What synth does Mat Mitchell use?

A Fairlight CMI for the 8-bit sounds on Existential Reckoning, and a Waldorf Iridium onstage, which the headless guitars let him reach quickly.

What pedals does Mat Mitchell use?

Live, only a DigiTech FreqOut beside the Axe-Fx III. His studio stomps were a ZVEX Fuzz Factory, Fulltone OCD, EHX Micro POG, Boss VB-2 and FZ-2, plus Oto Machines BOUM and BIM units.

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Puscifer are the band led by Maynard James Keenan, with producer and multi-instrumentalist Mat Mitchell. This guide covers Mitchell's stage guitars and rig and the studio gear behind Existential Reckoning, from Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown.

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