Akira Yamaoka

At 8:10 you can see that he is using the M8M with the eight strings, single lundgren pickup and fixed locking bridge visible.

In this video, Akira is playing his popular song "Promise" from the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack an ESP MX 250.

Spectrasonics Distorted Reality 2 is heavily listen among the samples CDs used for the Silent Hill saga.

Spectrasonics Distorted Reality is heavily listen among the samples CDs used for the Silent Hill saga.

Akira Yamaoka utilized the Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices sample CD for background vocals or hums in his work, as evidenced by the video "Silent Hill: Homecoming Unreleased OST - Underground Dawn III" at 0:27 with the sample " MISERERE " being played .