Erik Rutan

"This is a BC Rich USA Custom Ironbird. Purchased off a good friend of mine, Joey Capizzi. He wanted to sell it and he wanted to keep it in the family and told me that I had to have it. At the time, I told him I couldn't afford to buy it. I knew it was a quality piece, but he said 'I don't care. It has to be yours and you should have it.' And vioala, there it is."

Erik Rutan, notable guitarist for Death Metal band "Morbid Angel", used an Ibanez UV7PWH during the band's "Domination" era in the early 1990's. He is seen using it in the music video for 'Where The Slime Live'. (Pause at 0:38)

"B.C. Rich has been so kind to make me an Erik Rutan Signature Ironbird 7 string guitar with a Erik Rutan Signature Ironbird 6 string guitar to follow in the future! Gratitude to Bill Xavier, Casey Crabtree and B.C. Rich for making me this absolute beauty! I am honored to be a part of the BC Rich family. This is something I have wanted and dreamed of for so long, to have my own signature guitars. Well over 20 years ago I bought my first Ironbird and I have been playing them ever since. I wanted a longer scale 7 string Ironbird to handle those G# tunings and now it has come to fruition !!! Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this long musical journey of mine. So many people have been requesting a Erik Rutan Signature Ironbird for years and I am proud to say the time has come!!!!!! Gratitude"

“Rob also had this '80s Charvel, it played really well so I ended up using it. There was a Les Paul in there too. We actually wanted an Explorer for some things, but because of the low tunings the shorter scale wasn’t liking it much!”

Picture of Erik using his JCM800 in his studio. He has also featured his JCM800 on his videos from Godlyke Distributing calling it his "baby" and saying "i always use my jcm800".

Erik Rutan, known for his work with Hate Eternal, uses a Gibson Explorer Electric Guitar, as detailed in the Granville Guitars YouTube video. The guitar features a Floyd Rose modification and was notably used during the recording of "Upon Desolate Sands."

0:47 "For this record (thanks to you), I'm using the OD808 extreme"

Erik's uses this for his bridge pickup.

Erik's strings of choice for Cannibal Corpse

"The Engl Powerball is something I use a lot. It's very versatile. It has a great clean tone, a rock tone, I've used it for rythms as well and I use it for solos pretty religiously."

He used to have this BC Rich Jr.V in his studio

In the Digital Tour Bus episode of "GEAR MASTERS," Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal discusses using the Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (Multi-watt) alongside his Marshall JCM800 during live performances.

"I've been using the Gibson Dirty Fingers now for a while. I have it in my Gibson '91 Explorer that I've used with Morbid Angel and I also have it in all my Ironbirds now."

Erik Rutan, renowned guitarist, endorses D'Addario EXL116 Nickel Wound strings, praising their ability to maintain tonal brightness and playability. This endorsement is detailed on the D'Addario artist page.

Erik uses the D'Addario NYXL 11-56 with a 68 on the bottom for his Ibanez Universe 7-string.

"Laboga's a Polish company that hooked me up with these amps. I've used them for solos and live in the past."

1:05 "This is an Amek Mozart console. It's a 56 channel console made in the 90s. Bought it about 8 or 9 years ago. A studio going out of business in Miami was selling it"

Video of Rutan's studio and he says he exclusively uses a maxon OD808

Erik uses this as his neck pickup.

This can be seen around 3:44.

This can be seen around 4:42.

"I have a Neumann U-87. That's what I use for vocals, but a lot of times I'll put the Neumann U-87 on the body of the (acoustic) guitar."

In a video by Granville Guitars, it's mentioned that Erik Rutan uses the DigiTech Drop pedal for Cannibal Corpse's G# songs.

This is listed on his website.

This can be seen around 5:03.

Erik Rutan lists the Neumann KM 184 microphone on the MANA Recording Studios equipment list, indicating its use in his studio setup.

In a studio tour video by GodlykeInc, Erik Rutan is shown using the Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head at Mana Recording Studios.

Rutan gives a tour of his studio and shows and explains he exclusively uses the 1960B cab

Erik mentions he uses this around 5:42.

In the YouTube video "GEAR MASTERS Ep. 39" by Digital Tour Bus, Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal mentions, "I use Floyd religiously," referring to his use of the Floyd Rose Original Tremolo System.