Joel Stroetzel

“I always wish I could play pedal steel guitar, but I’ve never had the patience for it. I have lap guitars, I have a B-Bender Telecaster, but pedal steel… I’m not sure it’s a road I want to try to go down!”

"I have been huge fan and player of Caparison guitars for over a decade now. Throughout the years I have tried many of their various models, and have loved them all! I am pleased to say that the JSM has all of my favorite features from all of the models I have tried, yet it still manages to be very unique within the Caparison family of instruments...

"...I truly could not say enough about this guitar! Perfection in every detail. Many, many thanks to my friends at Caparison for making my dream guitar come to life! I hope that anyone who has a chance to play a JSM loves it just as much as I do!" Joel says, in this article.

In Killswitch Engage's official music video for "My Last Serenade," Joel Stroetzel is seen playing an Ibanez UV777P guitar.

this is the signature model of Joel stroetzel. it is based on the dillinger model in their range. it is loaded with the fishman killswitch engage set.

One in particular that we used for a lot of the clean parts was actually a G&L Legacy Special that has the noiseless single-coil pickups – they sound really cool. Plus it’s got different modes and a high-frequency push/pull and a five-way switch on it. It had a lot of cool clean tone options for doubling up chords and choruses and stuff like that just to make things shimmer a little bit, it’s always nice to get some single-coil sounds in there.

IN the killswitch engage live dvd, Joel can be seen playing an hss caparison dellinger model

In this acoustic video, Joel can be seen using a guild acoustic

Joel Stroetzel's Caparison Dellinger JSM V2 Signature guitar is an updated version of his original model, featuring a blend of classic and modern design elements. This solid body electric guitar, available in vintage white and tobacco sunburst finishes, is equipped with a Fishman Killswitch Engage humbucker in the bridge and a Fishman SSA single coil. The details of this signature model are outlined on Caparison Guitars' website.