Joe Duplantier

So about Gojira’s guitar setups: obviously you guys have a very big sound with a lot of low end. How do you make a point of getting the note clarity? What’s your setup?

It’s a pretty simple setup, but it took us 20 years to get there, to find the right balance I guess. We’re still looking for the perfect combination; we can always find better. But what we have so far… Personally I’m using the limited edition of the EVH. It’s a modified version of the 5150 III, called the “Stealth.” It’s killer. The gain is insane. In general we’ve been using EVH for 5-6 years now, or even more, and we don’t need to add anything. We have a tuner and a noise suppressor and a delay pedal, and that’s it.

Joe says in a Gear Gods interview, "The very first amp I used was a Valvestate Marshall. You know, I liked those amps. They’re very precise and sharp. The low end is very transistor." Then later mentions, "Yeah, those are what Meshuggah used to use way back in the ‘90s. I saw Meshuggah back in 1998 and they were using those Valvestates."

IN THE STUDIO THIS IS THE REAL DEAL

WE SPENT AN ENTIRE WEEK OF A/B COMPARISON

WE DID BLINDFOLD COMPARISON WITH A LOT OF AMPS AND THE 5150 III EL34 WAS THE CHOSEN ONE

THIS AMP IS SO GOOD THAT WE DONT NEED TO RE AMP

At 2:31 we can see the cab behind Joe.

At the beginning we see a bunch of 5150 heads, in black and white edition.

In Joe Duplantier's Silver Cord Studio, a Diezel Herbert amp head can be seen at 3:03.

Gojira is using this amp for warm-ups backstage. they also use it for a fly-in gigs.

At 3:48 in the video, Joe Duplantier is shown to have a Fender Twin Reverb combo amp in his Silver Cord Studio.

Joe is using these cabs for years now. in the studio and live as well.

What brand is the cab simulator?

That’s a Torpedo. It’s a French-designed cab simulator. It’s a brand called Two-Notes Engineering. That’s an amazing tool. I use it a lot to do demos, and even in the studio I used it because it’s so good. You can choose the type of microphone, like an SM57 or whatever on the cab, and it’s the sound. It’s amazing.

The pic is from Sonisphere 2011, we can see a 5150 II head.

In this picture you can see his black rectifier that he had around this time period. I believe they also used it for recording The Link