Michael Poulsen

Michael is shown here playing his Gibson SG GT.

Guitar World:

I've had my main guitar for many years, which was a Gibson SG GT model, and I stuck with that one for I don’t know how many years. And of course, I had a main one but I do have extra copies of that guitar. I don’t know how many but that has been my main guitar.

In this 2013 photo, Poulsen can be seen playing the Gibson Hummingbird.

In this picture you can see Michael playing a Gibson Custom Shop SJ-200 on stage

Is a similar Hailfire model.

In this 2014 photo, Poulsen can be seen playing the Gibson Hummingbird

18:44 of the video on the intro to sadmans tounge.

In this post Michael can be seen using a Gibson firebird custom

It’s great. I have a Gretsch guitar at home that I'm really happy with. We tried a lot of the Gibson guitars out in the studio, when we were recording Sorry Sack Of Bones and Tue brought it up and I was rehearsing on it a little bit backstage and so far it feels good.

In the beginning of this video Michaels tech says "He likes the old 800s" while he is pointing at a Marshall JCM800.

Amp is shown several times throughout the course of the rig rundown

"I had been using the Marshall JCM800s for so many years, and getting used to that sound, combined with how I played on the Gibson guitar, it kind of became my signature sound. Suddenly, trying to put your trust into a robot was not easy because there are so many options, and to believe that it can capture what you are doing on the Marshall amp was not easy. But Tue has been doing a really good job and there is definitely a very close similarity. I would not say that it is 100 per cent but it’s to a level where I agree that it sounds good. Before I was just connecting the JCM800 with a maximizer and equalizer."

Detailed in another rig rundown on his more recent rig setup

In an interview regarding how Volbeat does its live sound, it was mentioned that all the mics used on stage, including vocal, were Audix brand

In this vdeo, Michael's Tech show us all the effects that Poulsen uses, his "Radial JDX" is among them (00:53)

Rocktron Super C Hush rack is visable in the final photo, found on Volbeat's Instagram

"The Fractal Axe-Fx III unit is handling Poulsen's reverbs and delays and some of the effects used on the new album. While the Kemper handles the amp profiling and goes to the cabinets, the Fractal's signal goes to Poulsen's in-ears."

Note: while the article says Michael uses the Axe-FX III, the pictures of his rig show that he's actually using the Axe-FX II.

Poulsen is listed as a user of the Raw IV Strap

And most important of all, the sound is great. But it’s Gibson; I’m really dedicated to that brand. It’s regular-sized humbuckers, and the one I use the most is a JB SH-4, the Seymour Duncan.

In the final photo on Volbeat's Instagram, the Sonic Maximiser is clearly visable in frame

Following Volbeat's "Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies" tour, Rob Caggiano began working with Box Of Doom to make isolation cabinets for the band's use on their following "Seal the Deal and Let's Boogie Tour". Both Michael Poulsen and Rob Caggiano have adopted these cabinets for their guitar sound, as it gives them far greater consistency.

Michael's Tech show us this effect on the video (00:54)