Fredrik Åkesson

“I really enjoy playing the amp. Not many amps have that warm punchy gain.”

Quote from the Marshall Website: "Marshall has the power and the might! Punch core and warmth like no other amp. Just did more than 200 shows with the JVM Satch without any problems what so ever! Hail to the king of amps!"

at 15:12, he talks about using this amp

The Little Hill was based entirely on Fredrik's input, and is practically a signature amp head

“I used that amp on Biff Byford’s upcoming solo album [School Of Hard Knocks]. Some of the leads were done from home using that with a Torpedo Live speaker simulator and some imported IRs. It’s a great two-channel studio amp and perfect for club gigs. Those 20 watts deliver high volume, so you could even play bigger gigs with it.

“The clean tone is great – I didn’t have to do anything for that. John is the master of cleans. I mainly use clean for fingerpicked parts, and the Little Hill has a natural compression that’s really nice; you don’t need a pedal in front.

“We worked a lot on the effects loop because I really wanted it to be totally transparent. With a lot of amps, you put something in the loop and a part of the sound disappears… this weird crispiness leaves and you’re there wondering where it went! He managed to fix that and design one that didn’t suck any tone.”

(In Cauda Venenum) - “There was also a Marshall Plexi in there and a Friedman BE100 that we used for leads, and then for cabinets we had two old Marshalls from the 60s – one with V30s and another with Greenback 25s. Since we were using the same Olsson head for our heavy rhythms, using different cabinets was a nice way of altering the two guitar sounds a little bit.”

At 4:32, Fredrik confirms and shows that he uses Blackstar Series One 200 watt heads. Video was uploaded on October 31st 2011.

(Talking about "In Cauda Venenum") - “We did a shoot-out for our rhythm guitars and it won the marathon. I had this gut feeling it would, actually. I tried it at the rehearsals – we actually rehearsed for this album, which we haven’t done since Watershed, and I could feel the chords pumping out and cutting through the bass and drums. So all of the rhythm guitars were pretty much that amp.

This amp head is based on the "Little Hill 20w Head" that was made with Fredrik's input, essentially making it a signature amp head

(In Cauda Venenum) - “There was also a Marshall Plexi in there and a Friedman BE100 that we used for leads, and then for cabinets we had two old Marshalls from the 60s – one with V30s and another with Greenback 25s. Since we were using the same Olsson head for our heavy rhythms, using different cabinets was a nice way of altering the two guitar sounds a little bit.”

(In Cauda Venenum) - “There was also a Marshall Plexi in there and a Friedman BE100 that we used for leads, and then for cabinets we had two old Marshalls from the 60s – one with V30s and another with Greenback 25s. Since we were using the same Olsson head for our heavy rhythms, using different cabinets was a nice way of altering the two guitar sounds a little bit.”

at 14:16, this amp module is seen

at 15:12, he talks about using this amp

at 14:16, this amp is seen

at 14:16, this amp is seen

at 14:16, this amp module is seen

at 15:12, he talks about using this amp module

at 15:26, he talks about using this amp module

Fredrik shared on Instagram his tour rig which included -4 x Syn 2 -4 x Syn 5050 -4 x SLO II modules -4 x Deliverance modules

Fredrik shared on Instagram his tour rig which included -4 x Syn 2 -4 x Syn 5050 -4 x SLO II modules -4 x Deliverance modules