Machine Head – The Blackening
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2007 album The Blackening.
Music from The Blackening
Artists on The Blackening
Gear Used On The Blackening
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Machine Head – The Blackening (2007). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Robb Flynn on The Blackening
This is a custom ESP Flying V made for Robb by the company. It's got a black finished, white pick guard, mahogany body, baritone scale neck (27" I believe), 24 fret rosewood fretboard with dot and Machine Head diamond inlays, black hardware, and an EMG81 in the bridge and EMG HA in the neck. This guitar was used heavily from 2002 - 2007, starting with the end of "The Burning Red" era, until the early "The Blackening" era until he switched back to Gibson in 2008.
Effects Pedals used by Robb Flynn on The Blackening
Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress Flanger/Filter Matrix
Avg price: $478.26
FLYNN: The Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress [flanger], which is a big old hunking, 9-inch-wide pedal. It's one of the stomp boxes that I use religiously on every album. I use that thing so much, I can't even tell you. It's one of the best pedals ever invented. Listen to the opening riff of "Imperium" [from 2003's Through the Ashes of Empires]; that effect is on both the clean part and the heavy part.
You can basically hear it in any clean tone on any of our records, like at the beginning of "Aesthetics of Hate" [on 2007's The Blackening]. The way that it flanges is unlike any other flange I've found. It's got this watery, glassy tone to it that makes almost anything sound better. I've actually gotta be careful I don't overuse it, because I like it so much.
Amplifiers used by Robb Flynn on The Blackening
Avg price: $1,157.00
at 7:05 in this documentary of the making of The Blackening, Robb is seen calling a local guitar center to buy Marshall 1960BV cabs because the ones they were using blew up.
