Joe Duplantier

So about Gojira’s guitar setups: obviously you guys have a very big sound with a lot of low end. How do you make a point of getting the note clarity? What’s your setup?

It’s a pretty simple setup, but it took us 20 years to get there, to find the right balance I guess. We’re still looking for the perfect combination; we can always find better. But what we have so far… Personally I’m using the limited edition of the EVH. It’s a modified version of the 5150 III, called the “Stealth.” It’s killer. The gain is insane. In general we’ve been using EVH for 5-6 years now, or even more, and we don’t need to add anything. We have a tuner and a noise suppressor and a delay pedal, and that’s it.

"...I use DR strings... we have a regular, I would say 52-10 string size, but this one (holding the thickest string) we put something thicker, we put a 56, so that would be 56-42-30-17-13-10..." Joe talks about his guitar strings from 0:42 to 1:31 in the video.

At 21:06 to 21:10 you can clearly see the whammy pedal being used while playing Stranded.

This guitar, can be seen on the video where he tells how to play L'Enfant Sauvage

Joe says in a Gear Gods interview, "The very first amp I used was a Valvestate Marshall. You know, I liked those amps. They’re very precise and sharp. The low end is very transistor." Then later mentions, "Yeah, those are what Meshuggah used to use way back in the ‘90s. I saw Meshuggah back in 1998 and they were using those Valvestates."

In this video, Joe Duplantier presents his Jackson SLS3 model.

IN THE STUDIO THIS IS THE REAL DEAL

WE SPENT AN ENTIRE WEEK OF A/B COMPARISON

WE DID BLINDFOLD COMPARISON WITH A LOT OF AMPS AND THE 5150 III EL34 WAS THE CHOSEN ONE

THIS AMP IS SO GOOD THAT WE DONT NEED TO RE AMP

"I used no.1 on our new album...so good!"

In this launch video of the new Archetype: Gojira plugin, Joe can be seen using this plugin.

Joe Duplantier uses Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.88mm Guitar Picks, as shown in a user-uploaded photo featuring a matte black pick with the "L'Enfant Sauvage" cover art.

At 2:31 we can see the cab behind Joe.

Joe Duplantier of Gojira uses Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Slinky Guitar Strings (10-52), as highlighted in the Ernie Ball Blog discussing artists nominated for GRAMMY Awards.

In this image Joe Duplantier's Signature Charvel guitar can be shown as artist series of Charvel Guitars.

In the studio tour of Gojira's Silver Cord Studio, Joe Duplantier's studio gear is shown to consist of various rackmount units and a Diezel Herbert tube amp head. The Preamp is seen clearly at 3:01.

In the minute 1:05, the Squier name is shown in the headstock.

What type of delay pedal is it?

It’s an MXR Carbon Copy. And for the noise suppressor we use a Boss NS-2 or the MXR Smart Gate. We’re not sure if that’s the best but we’re using it right now and it works pretty well. And the tuner is a Boss TU-3.

At the beginning we see a bunch of 5150 heads, in black and white edition.

In Joe Duplantier's Silver Cord Studio, a Diezel Herbert amp head can be seen at 3:03.

What type of delay pedal is it?

It’s an MXR Carbon Copy. And for the noise suppressor we use a Boss NS-2 or the MXR Smart Gate. We’re not sure if that’s the best but we’re using it right now and it works pretty well. And the tuner is a Boss TU-3.

At a live show at Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre in 2013, Joe Duplantier is seen using a Charvel USA Skatecaster, as captured in a photo from Charvel.

Joe Duplantier praises the KHDK Electronics Ghoul Screamer Overdrive, describing it as "so good," according to KHDK Electronics.

What type of delay pedal is it?

It’s an MXR Carbon Copy. And for the noise suppressor we use a Boss NS-2 or the MXR Smart Gate. We’re not sure if that’s the best but we’re using it right now and it works pretty well. And the tuner is a Boss TU-3.

Gojira is using this amp for warm-ups backstage. they also use it for a fly-in gigs.

At 3:48 in the video, Joe Duplantier is shown to have a Fender Twin Reverb combo amp in his Silver Cord Studio.

At 0:33 we can clearly see the guitar.

he plays his new signature in this video

At about 0:16 in this video : https://fb.watch/5BldgB-qQt/ you can see him play with a Gibson Custom Shop Explorer

In all the concert (Bordeaux 2003) this guitar is used

Joe used this guitar during a show in sheffield in 2012

At 2:03 you can see Joe's pedalboard, and it is known that he uses a 5150.