John Gallagher

"The TightMetal Pedal is truly awesome. It replicates the sound of the Ampeg VH140C which has been my head of choice for almost 2 decades now. Compact, diverse and road-worthy makes this an ideal pedal for any guitarist playing extreme metal. Check it out!" --John Gallagher

John states here that he'd been using the VH-140C for almost 2 decades and the aforementioned amp can be seen behind him in the picture in the URL provided.

Behind John, through this video, a EVH 5150 III can be seen.

John Gallagher playing with Dying Fetus at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia on Saturday 12 February 2011. This wasn't part of a tour but a one-off local show that I'd guess was to warm up for their upcoming European tour and he use LTD EX-400 with Emg Pickups.

He use this ESP E-II M-II and can be seen 3:06 into this video.

In the video "Dying Fetus - Mountains of Death 2010" by Lumbago Productions, John Gallagher is seen playing a Jackson Kelly KE3 during a live performance.

he uses these pickups on almost every guitar

John is using a EVH 5150III 4x12 straight cabinet throughout this video. A time stamp where this can be seen is at 12:24.

It is difficult to tell the exact model that he is playing in this video but it is clearly a ESP E-II M-II. There are a few different variations of this instrument but Gallagher is clearly playing one of them.

John Gallagher uses a Red Hamer Scarab in the video for One Shot, One Kill, but because of the bad quality of the music video it is hard to gather enough information to determine the year or model number of this particular Scarab.

In the music video for From Womb to Waste and subsequent shows this guitar can be seen. Zooming in on freeze frames of the 12th fret of this guitar shows the model number of V-401DX.

John can be seen using this guitar in studio and live. It's also his profile pic for equipboard. It was used heavily on Reign Supreme and looks amazing.

In this podcast John talks about using a TS9 with the EVH head for the recording of Wrong One, he says that in future albums he probably won't use it again as the guitar was very sensitive to noise and was a little too saturated.

During the Milkboy sessions and the tour around then John can be seen using an ESP M-II. It is hard to tell exactly which one it is becuase there are multiple variations but they hall of the same basic layout. FLoyd rose, EMG pickups, ebony fretboard, and neckthrough construction. Becuase it is an ESP and not LTD there is no model number on the 12th fret.

In the official music video for "Your Treachery Will Die With You" by Dying Fetus, John Gallagher is seen using Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Cabinets.

In this YouTube video you can see the 3120 behind him on top of a EVH 5150 lll cab

Behind John, you can see him playing through the Engl

Throughout the "Throw Them In the Van" music video, the Marshall TSL head can be seen behind John. Its distinctive control configuration can be clearly made out at 0:28.

At about 17 seconds into this Dying Fetus concert video, you can see John Gallagher playing into a 5150 hooked up to what appears to be this Marshall cab.

In the presentation of the SUPERBOWL OF HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2024, John Gallagher is seen using the Peavey 6505+ 120-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head at minute 40:59.

In the 5th slide of this instagram post from Dying Fetus, a heavily pixelated Boss NS-2 Noise Suppresor can be seen on John's amp head.