Devin Townsend

In the live performance of "March Of The Poozers" at the Royal Albert Hall, Devin Townsend plays his signature Framus Devin Townsend V guitar. Known for its exceptional quality and unique design, this guitar features a 28" scale and is tuned F# B F# B F# B D#. This distinctive setup, combined with elements like Evertune and EMG pickups, showcases Townsend's innovative approach to music.

As of 0:10 in this video, Devin talks about his effect units and other equipments. The Roland GP-100 is located in the top rack.

For years I used a ton of different amps. I used Mesa Boogie for years; I loved their stuff. I used a [Peavey] 5150, a Budda, a Marshall, a Crate, a Gorilla…

"A little green bastard that tightens it up and compresses it in a way that I personally think is really cool" - Devin Townsend on the Maxon OD808 Overdrive

At 8:08 in this video Devin Townsend of Vai, Front Line Assembly, The Wild Hearts, and Strapping Young Lad, talks about the amplifiers he uses. mentioning Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier for the rhythm sounds.

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At the end of it, I had this combination of a Dual Rectifier with a Tube Screamer in front, and then the EVH 5150 III. I had a Bogner, a Soldano, this LAA Custom, Marshalls, and blah, blah, blah. I got a wicked big sound, then tracked the whole album. But I tracked it with a DI.

At 0:05 in this video, Devin Townsend can be seen playing on a Framus Custom Shop AK 74.

He can be seen holding one on the back cover of Biomech, and used one live during the Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing and part of the City tours.

In this video Devin talks about his gear, including this one used in conjunction with Casualties of Cool.

I work with Waves extensively, and they've been very kind in providing me tools, and I work with Spitfire Audio, and they provided me with a bunch of plug-ins for the orchestral demos. I purchased Omnisphere, which I use a lot, and Ableton, which I use a ton, and I have the Push 2, which I not only have live, but I actually did a lot of the writing of Empath with that; a great system." Less is more, he concludes. "Gear — it's sexy, and I think people fetishise gear. But I found that the less gear I have, now, the less options I have, the more I'm able to articulate what it is that I want, quicker.

"Profiling means you setup your amps and you can make what is essentially a tone print of your amp/mic chain to take with you. For the sake of weight, I wanted to try it.

"I’ve been using the Rectos for so long for a specific sound, but I wanted to see if we could do it with less weight. There’s a 23kg weight restriction when you fly and we have to keep our costs down. So I tried the Kemper and it’s worked out killer.

"This rack-mounted one has a 400-watt Class D power amplifier under it. So I have a Mesa cab onstage to get some sort of air movement, which I do like. I miss having amps onstage. The whole completely direct thing kind of sucked for me. So having the cab onstage has been great," says Devin Townsend, on Music Radar.

0:31 into this video Devin can be seen playing on a Fender Stratocaster Sienna Sunburst.

At the end of it, I had this combination of a Dual Rectifier with a Tube Screamer in front, and then the EVH 5150 III. I had a Bogner, a Soldano, this LAA Custom, Marshalls, and blah, blah, blah. I got a wicked big sound, then tracked the whole album. But I tracked it with a DI.

Devin has had EMG 81s installed in many of his guitars, such as the one he used in the video (as noted in the YouTube video description). He has gone on record as saying that "in my opinion, [it] is the best pickup for heavy music".

At 5:30 in this video, Devin talks about the kind of strings he uses and points at the pack of D'Addario Nickel Wound .060, saying, "The first strings that I ever bought were actually D'Addario."

In this video, Devin Townsend of Vai, Front Line Assembly, The Wild Hearts, and Strapping Young Lad talks about his effect units and other equipment, mentioning the Bad Horsie Wah pedal at 1:33.

As of 2:30 in this video, Devin talks about the Fractal Axe-Fx saying "I have got a very hodgepodge set-up currently that I am experimenting with and the centre of that is Fractal. And I have been using the Axe-Fx now for [...] four years since the Ultra." The unit can be seen at 2:36.

In this promotional image, Devin is posing with his signature Peavey guitar, the Peavey PXD Vicious.

In this live performance picture, Devin can be seen playing on a Gibson Les Paul Custom.

Devin can be seen here playing an SG for the song "Storm" on his Accelerated Evolution record live in studio.

That led to another clear-out of gear, and recently he arrived at the point where he made Empath with Pro Tools HDX, a bunch of plug-ins, that 6176 for his vocals, and new Focal SM9 monitors, which he describes as "a real paradigm shift". He also has a mobile setup, which he used in Russia, Japan, China and elsewhere while creating Empath, consisting of a MacBook Pro, a MOTU 828 Mk3 interface, an M‑Audio MIDI keyboard and an sE Electronics SE4400a vocal mic.

As of 0:10 in this video, Devin talks about his effect units and other equipments. The ART 341 is located in the top rack.

At 1:56 in this video, Devin Townsend of Vai, Front Line Assembly, The Wild Hearts, and Strapping Young Lad, shows what brand of InTuneGP guitar picks he uses.

As of 0:05 in this video, Devin's gear, which includes a Mesa/Boogie Lone Star Special, can be seen.

In this live performance picture, Devin can be seen playing on a Peavey PXD 23.

In this picture, Devin can be seen holding an LTD SC-607B.

From 3:38 in the video Devin can be seen singing into a Shure SM7B Microphone.

In this video Devin talks about his gear, including this one used in conjunction with Casualties of Cool.

"I’ve decided on Framus as my main guitars for DTP. They’re a German company and they also do Warwick basses.

"They’re sort of throwback-looking guitars with lights and things like that to bring them into the modern world. A 335-like shape [Mayfield] or big Les Paul kind of shape [1974]. They’re all sort of customised to what I’m looking for.

"I have so many different styles of music with different touring bands. DTP being the primary one. I use different guitars for different applications. For example, if I’m doing the Casualties Of Cool stuff I work with the Fender or Hansen, but Framus is just incredible stuff. I love it, I really do."

introduction by Devin Towensend of an early prototype of the MOOER Ocean Machine

“I tend to layer effects as I go. The idea of wet/dry/wet – in terms of a signal chain to achieve a certain sound or feeling – is present throughout many of my creative decisions when mixing. Enigma is one of my favorite tools for achieving these layers.”