J Diabolus Nemesis

J got this guitar in late 2014 as an addition to find a lighter guitar as a means to play on whilst recovering from a recurring shoulder injury in 2014. He recorded some of the early album demo's with this guitar in 2015 and in 2016 he briefly used this guitar as a Drop A guitar and now he uses this guitar as a Drop F# contra guitar for the song Pesadilla Apocaliptica when he performs the song live. He uses a special gauge string set comprised of only wound strings as he does not perform guitar solo's with this guitar.

This was J's main guitar since J Solo Projects foundation. He had this guitar prior to forming J Solo Project and the paintwork on this guitar shown was to commemorate the 2012 album release "The Re-Invention". Prior to that albums release, the guitar went through numerous paint schemes such as the "blue alien" paint work and the "urban white camo" paintwork. The guitar is a 2006 ESP/LTD Viper 50 which was built in Indonesia before the material change and before they briefly changed the manufacturing location of the 50 series guitars briefly to china. This guitar also appeared on other recording sessions after the "re-Invention" album cycle and appeared on a couple of live performances.

J Diabolus Nemesis is seen using the Shure SM57 microphone during rehearsals, utilizing it as a vocal mic, as shown in a photo from the J Solo Project Facebook page.

This guitar was his main explorer and now is his secondary explorer. This was purchased in 2013 during the Re-Invention album cycle as his main guitar. This was originally black from the manufacturers but he custom painted this in 2013 with a pentagram corner and had a pentagram dremeled and his "JDN" name logo as well as military stripes dremeled and the name "ViXXXen" which serves as the guitars name underneath the guitar. The guitar was used on recordings from 2013 onwards and also was his main workhorse since 2016 and now is his secondary Drop B guitar in his line up.

This guitar was given to J in a competition he won through Dominate Hair in late 2016. This guitar initially had a custom skull wrap on the top and was used in promo shots upon receiving this guitar.

J Diabolus Nemesis is seen with his ESP/LTD EX 50 guitar, originally won in 2016 through Dominate Hair, in a May 2018 performance. The guitar has been returned to its stock appearance, as shown in a photo on the J Solo Project's Facebook page.

This is the same EX 50 he won in 2016 by dominate and previously shown in a performance earlier in 2018 as a stock now has the numbers 50/50 adhesived to the guitar. The meaning according to J is that we all have to take those odds. He also named the Guitar "NiXXXen" as the younger brother to his other guitar "ViXXXen" and now serves as his main Drop B tuned guitar.

This guitar was purchased in 2016 initially to be a secondary Drop B tuned guitar in J's line up. This was a cheap guitar. It now is a Drop A tuned guitar and is used as a throw around guitar.

J got this guitar in earlier 2018 and dubs it "The Duke". He has yet to use this guitar in any recording sessions or live performances but he does play this.

J Diabolus Nemesis uses a Rowell "Diabolus" Custom Jazz Bass, a prototype crafted by his friend and guitar repair hobbyist, Josh Rowell. This bass was custom-built to J's specifications, reflecting his preference for vintage aesthetics. He opted to remove the scratchplate for a cleaner look, which aligns with his style. A photo on the J Solo Project's Facebook page showcases J with this unique instrument.

J Diabolus Nemesis uses the Marshall Model 8412 4x12 Guitar Cabinet as an ideal match for his Durand head. Despite its compact size, this cabinet delivers a tight guitar sound, enhanced by its four Celestion G12L 35-watt speakers. In an Instagram post by jsoloproject, J praises the cabinet's brilliant sound and perfect sound direction, noting its durability for touring.

J started using this head in 2016 as an integral part of his evolving guitar sound. He runs this into the Marshall 8412 4x12 Cabinet. It is a valvestate amp head with a 12AU7 (ECC82) preamp tube and he uses this as a clean amp head as he find that the distortion channel is very lacking.