Josh Elmore

Josh can be seen with this guitar all over the place. Dave Otero goes into depth about what exact gear Josh was using on the latest Cattle Decap record and talks about this Guitar. This guitar is all mahogany with an indian rosewood fretboard and features a 25.5 inch fretboard, Wilkinson VS100 tremolo, dual Suhr Aldrich pickups with figured maple mounting rings, kill switch, three way toggle, locking Hipshot tuners, graphite nut, copper veneer top, 22 jumbo frets.

Josh Elmore explains in the video that he plays a pair of Fred Marotta custom six string guitars made from Black Limba with maple bolt-on necks and rosewood fretboards. They feature a Dimarzio Megadrive in the bridge and a Air Norton in the neck. The back of one of the guitars is tinted green but both appear to be similar in appearance. I recieved a summary of the specs of his Cardinal Instruments guitar which features a Wilkinson bridge and Hipshot Locking Tuners so I assume he uses the same hardware on his Fred Marotta guitars as the hardware has a similar appearance to his current main guitar.

Used live (his rig is on the left hand side of the video), and can be seen in all of the recent studio playthroughs.

In this video producer Dave Otero talks about how on every album he has worked on with Cattle Decapitation they have used a 6505. On the newest album (as of 2019) Death Atlas he used the 6505 in conjunction with a Hi-Watt Custom Super-Hi 50. "After tracking and as I was getting into the mix I did feel the need to blend in a tone with more saturation a little bit more of a modern kind of shape, so I did reamp through the 6505 and we just blended that in probably about even in the mix...the 6505 definetly saturates more, has a little bit of a wider spetcrum, goes a little bit deeper, has crispier highs, where the slighly more vintage tone of the Hi-watt just fills in those mids..."

Dave Otero the producer of Death Atlas says that he used this pedal to tighten up the 6505 they were using.

He is showing his pedal board at 7:00 and this pedal is on it

Producer Dave Otero talks about the new amp Josh got for the newest Cattle album in this video. "Josh had recently picked up a Custom Hi-Watt Super-Hi 50, Josh tends to gravitate more towards gear that other people aren't using or playing, maybe in effort to find a unique tone, or maybe just because he's a punk rock mother fucker, but reguardless you don't see anyone else in extreme metal playing one of these amps, some of that is 'cause it's new, some of that is because it's pretty crazy expensive...The Super Hi-50 is based on a traditional Hi-watt amp design, but with a mod by Mike Fortin which gives it that extra gain boost and brings it into that more metal arena. It has four gain stages with a boost on, which we had the boost on for all of te rythms, and it is an extremely percussive and tight sounding amp, we didn't use an tubescreamer any kind of boost up front, just guitar straight into the head, and it had as much punch, and clairty, and definition as you could possibly want out of an amp."

Used live during the Cattle Decapitation's Heavy Montreal 2015 show. His rig can be seen on stage right.

This Cabinet is owned by Dave Otero not by Josh Elmore, but it was used on the Death Atlas album.

Dave Otero mentions that this was one of the cabinets used on the album Death Atlas.

In the video titled "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown" by Metalhead Productions, Josh Elmore mentions around the 19:50 mark that he enjoys experimenting with the EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny pedal, although the only songs that require it weren’t on the set for the death atlas tour. this pedal can also be seen while he was recording terrasite in the documentary for the album.

In a video titled "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown (2025)" by Metalhead Productions on YouTube, guitarist Josh Elmore demonstrates the use of his ISP Technologies Decimator pedal at the 18:40 mark. He specifically notes using it to mute loop noise and manage any other noise floor issues.

In this video Josh mentions he uses the dunable version of the eidolon for leads and ambiance.

In the video "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown (2025)" by Metalhead Productions, Josh Elmore discusses his use of the Red Panda Context reverb pedal, primarily utilizing the cathedral setting. He mentions using the pedal for big octaves, support Belisario’s guitar lines, and in conjunction with the Eidolon pedal for lead sections.

In the video "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown" by Metalhead Productions, it is visually confirmed that Josh Elmore uses a Morley Maverick Mini Switchless Wah pedal, as it is clearly visible on the right side of his pedalboard during the segment starting at 18:24.

At the 19:15 mark in the video "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown" by Metalhead Productions, Josh Elmore discusses his use of the Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork pedal. He explains that on the song "The Geocide," he employs both the octave up and down features in conjunction with the Eidolon pedal. Additionally, for "Aphotic Doom," he uses the Pitch Fork in octave down mode alongside the Mel 9 pedal to achieve a cathedral-like tone.

In the video titled "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown (2025)" by Metalhead Productions, at approximately the 22:51 mark, Josh Elmore discusses his use of the Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine. He specifically mentions utilizing the pedal for "Aphotic Doom" in conjunction with the Pitchfork, typically under the string or cello setting. Additionally, Elmore notes that he uses the pedal for "Terrasite" under the choir setting.

In this video you can see josh Elmore's Morley mini Volume pedal. he mentions just using it as a mute.

In the video titled "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown" by Metalhead Productions, Josh Elmore is shown using the TC Electronic Polytune 2 on his pedalboard.

According to Dave Otero, Josh Elmore used D'Addario EXL115 Nickelwound Guitar Strings 11-49 during the recording of "Death Atlas."

In the official documentary "From This Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story," at the 47:44 mark, guitarist Josh Elmore is seen using a red Gruv Gear FretWrap. This footage is part of the studio recording process for the album "Terrasite."

At the 52:14 mark of the YouTube video titled "From This Flesh - A Cattle Decapitation Story," Josh Elmore is seen using a Heet Sound EBow Plus during the recording of the track "Just Another Body." This footage is part of the official studio documentary detailing the making of Cattle Decapitation's 2023 album "Terrasite."

around the 52:21 mark you can see that josh elmore talks about using the lone wolf hazy boy on the death atlas record. it is also seen in the terrasite documentary.

In the video titled "Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity - studio report: strings," released by Metal Blade Records, the Lehle Dual A/B Switcher is visibly part of Josh Elmore's pedal board at the 7:04 mark, providing clear evidence of its use during the recording sessions.

In the video titled "Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity - studio report: strings," produced by Metal Blade Records and available on YouTube, Josh Elmore can be observed using the Morley Alligator Volume Pedal on his board around the 7:08 mark during the recording process of "Monolith of Inhumanity."

In a studio report video titled "Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity - studio report: strings" by Metal Blade Records, Josh Elmore has the Morley "Bad Horsie" Steve Vai Signature Wah-Wah (1st Generation) pedal on his board around the 7:08 mark during the recording process of "Monolith of Inhumanity."

At approximately the 7:05 mark in the YouTube video titled "Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity - studio report: strings," provided by Metal Blade Records, you can clearly see that Josh Elmore uses the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS on his pedalboard.

In the YouTube video titled "Cattle Decapitation - The Making of The Harvest Floor," uploaded by Rparas34, a Korg DT-10 Digital Pedal Tuner can be seen on Josh Elmore's pedalboard momentarily, confirming his use of this gear during the album's production.

In the documentary "Cattle Decapitation - The Making of The Harvest Floor," Josh Elmore is seen using a Bogner Uberschall 120-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head. Additionally, the liner notes of the album mention that Josh uses Bogner amps.

In this Facebook post made by Cattle Decapitation in 2015, they are selling the Engle Fireball 60 amp head Josh used. This album was confirmed to have been used on Humanure, K.B.K, and the Harvest Floor. You can also see this amp for a split second in the Harvest Floor documentary