Alexi Laiho

In this picture, Alexi Laiho can be seen with one of his four signature ESP guitars, as seen on ESP's website.

The ESP Alexi-600 Scythe is listed among Laiho's favorites on his artist page of ESP's website.

Among Alexi Laiho's favorites, as listed on his ESP artists page, is the ESP Alexi-600 Greeny.

In this photo, Alexi Laiho can be seen holding his signature ESP Alexi-200 guitar.

In this video, Alexi shows his gear.

This video from EMGBackstage is an interview with Alex Laiho's, and thusly Children of Bodom's, guitar tech Antti Harma. Antti goes on to say that Alexi uses a "All Stock, Bone Stock" version of the Marshall JVM 410 Head.

This video from EMGBackstage is an interview with Alex Laiho of Children of Bodom's guitar tech Antti Harma. Antti says that both Alexi and Roope use the Marshall 1960BV with the vintage Celestion 30's.

In this interview from PremeirGuitar.com, the front-man and lead guitarist of Children of Bodom, Alexia Laiho, is asked about what gear he uses. When asked what pedals he uses, he claims he uses only one. Below is a quote from said interview.

"I only use an MXR Stereo Chorus. That’s all I need really. I don’t fuck around with effects that much. I like to keep it rock ’n’ roll: one good guitar sound and the rest is up to me." - Alexi Laiho

This video from EMGBackstage is an interview with Alex Laiho's, and thusly Children of Bodom's, guitar tech Antti Harma. He runs down the gist of Laiho's rack and shows that from his Sennheiser Wireless, he runs into an Audiotech Sourch Selector 1x6.

This is his rack tuner for live and studio use.

¸According to Guitar Geek's 2006 rig diagram, Laiho uses the Korg DTR-1 Digital Tuner.

Premier Guitar Rig Rundown uploaded March 18th 2016. Alexi says he keeps it on all the time.

Premier Guitar Rig Rundown March 8th 2016. Alexi uses it primarily for his solos.

Premier Guitar Rig Rundown March 8th 2016. Alexi prefers it because it has the most 'high end' in its wah sweep.

According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Laiho has the Boss NS-2 noise suppresor pedal. It sits on top of his amp.

According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Laiho's power supply is T-Rex Fuel Tank Junior.

This splits his signal into stereo.

This video from EMGBackstage is an interview with Alex Laiho's, and thusly Children of Bodom's, guitar tech Antti Harma. He runs down the gist of Laiho's rack starting with his 2 Sennheiser EW 500 G3 Pro Wireless Systems.

Alexi has stated his pick of choice in several interviews and demos. This is just one example (0:53 into the video), taken from his set of instructive DVDs for Rock House Method titled "Melodic Speed Shred & Metal Guitar". Here he can be heard saying "I use the Jim Dunlop Jazz III with the sharp tip, which is a cool thing; affects in the sound, it makes it more mean, and affects in my fast picking a lot, too, it makes it more accurate".

In both the description to the video and at 0:00-0:05, Alexi Says he is using his signature EMG pickup set, the EMG ALX-HZ.

According to DR's website, Alexi Laiho uses his own signature strings, but only the .10 gauge.