Customized audio production for black and other extreme metal

Weapons of choice

Drum kits

  • Yamaha Recording Custom – built in 1989; 22″ kick drum, 8/10/12/14/16″ toms; all made of birch
  • Pearl Masters Series Custom – built around 2004; 22″ kick drum, 10/12/14″ toms; all made of maple

Snares

  • Tama S.L.P. Duo Birch, 14×10″
  • Ludwig Acrophonic Hammered Aluminium, 14×6.5″
  • Mapex Black Panther 30th anniversay Walnut, 14×6.5″
  • Tama Starphonic copper 14×7″, may be available if demanded early enough

Cymbals

Usually you’ll play your own cymbals, but I can provide you with

  • Meinl Classics custom dark 14″ hihats
  • Meinl Raker 20″ ride
  • various ride cymbals

Guitar and bass cabs

  • Mesa Boogie Rectifier 4×12 guitar cab, built 2001; oversize, slanted, 8 Ohm, loaded with four Celestion Vintage 30 speakers – THE MONSTER!
  • Marshall Lead 4×12 1960AX, built October 1994; straight, 16 Ohms, 100 Watt, 75Hz bass resonance, loaded with four Celestion greenback G12M
  • Marshall Lead 4×12, built 1968/69; straight, 16 Ohms, loaded with four Celestion greenback G12H T1281 – previously owned by Jörg Fischer of Accept
  • Marshall Lead 4×12, built in July 1984; slanted, 16 Ohms, 75 Watt, 85Hz bass resonance; loaded with four Celestion greenback G12T-75 T3760
  • Hartke HyDrive 4×10 and 1×15 bass speaker

Amps

  • Bugera TriRec Infinium head
  • Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 head
  • Marshall 6100 LM anniversary series head
  • Peavey 5150 EVH (original 80s) head
  • Peavey Supreme XL head
  • Hartke HA5500 bass head

Microphones (selection)

  • Oktava MK012 overhead matched pair (modified) small diaphragm condenser microphone
  • Røde NT1A large diaphragm condenser microphone
  • Shure SM57 (plenty of them) dynamic microphones
  • Shure Beta 91a boundary layer microphone
  • Shure SM7B dynamic microphone
  • Sennheiser MD421 original series (plenty of them) dynamic microphones
  • Sennheiser MD441
  • M-Audio Sputnik multi-pattern large diaphragm vacuum tube condenser microphone
  • AKG D112 dynamic large diaphragm microphone
  • Audix D6 kick drum microphone
  • T-Bone RB500 (pair) ribbon microphone
  • TBone SC450 matched pair large diaphragm condenser microphone
  • plenty of spare mics

Instruments

  • Schecter Omen-6
  • Schecter Hellraiser Diamond Series (7 string) with actice EMG pickups
  • Sterling by Music Man Stingray (5 string)
  • Fame Music Man Stingray (5 string)
  • Aria Pro ZZ 2 Standard (6 string), previously owned by Falkenbach
  • Gibson Epiphone Flying V (6 string), previously owned by Falkenbach
  • various acoustic guitars, acoustic bass, 4 string bass…

Miscellaneous

  • Two Notes Torpedo Captor X reactive load box
  • Palmer Daccapo reamping DI box
  • TC Electronic Mimiq doubler pedal
  • Boss Metal Zone pedal
  • Boss DD-8 digital delay pedal
  • Electro Harmonix Bass Big Muff pedal
  • Electro Harmonix Switchblade Plus signal splitter
  • Maxon OD808 overdrive pedal
  • various pedals, effect boards…