Mikael Akerfeldt

From an interview with Guitar World in March 2014"Guitar-wise, everything came from PRS. I also played on a newly acquired Gibson Flying V, a ’79 — and a couple of Strats."

In this video, Mikael Akerfeldt talks about his signature guitar, the PRS SE Mikael Akerfeldt. One of the standout features of it for him is the satin finish on the neck, as opposed to glossy which makes it easier to get stuck. The bridge pickup is an HFS, and the neck pickup is a Vintage Bass. He says, "I play everything from solos to rhythm... I can do pretty much everything on this guitar. It's my favorite guitar of all time."

"Guitar-wise, everything came from PRS. I also played on a newly acquired Gibson Flying V, a ’79 — and a couple of Strats. I have a ’68 Custom Shop acrylic Strat that sounded great and a ’62 Strat I picked up and put the body and the pickups together myself. I left it to a guitar shop that has one of those plec machines, which gave it a really, really nice setup," says Mikael Akerfeldt, in this interivew, with Guitar World.

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In this video clip, Mikael Akerfeldt can be seen playing with his Gibson Les Paul Standart.

About the Opeth's Heritage Album: "We also had a Marhsall Bluesbreaker combo that sounded fantastic."

Talking about Opeth's Heritage Album: "[...] we had a bunch of Marshalls. We’re endorsed by Marshall. The amp we ended up using the most was the Yngwie Malmsteen signature model, mainly for the rhythms."

About the Opeth's Heritage Album: "Then we also had the Joe Satriani signature head and 1960 cabs."

"I'm a sucker for reverb pedals. I would save my Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb."

…I have it set on spring and it’s pretty much on all the time. You could say I am very generous when it comes to reverb! I want lots, unlike Fredrik, who wants more of the dry tone so every note pops out. I’m the opposite – I want the notes to disappear into the reverb.

Mikael uses this pedal acording to an interview by Gear Gods

Mikael uses this pedal acording to an interview by Gear Gods

Mikael uses this pedal acording to an interview by Gear Gods

Mikael uses this pedal acording to an interview by Gear Gods

“I got this in Akron, Ohio, and it’s actually made by a company based there called EarthQuaker Devices. It’s a phaser, but with a shitload of sounds within it. At the moment, I only use it for isolated chords to get this underwater effect that makes you sick to your stomach!”

"I have 10 to 45s. I use Austrian strings called Tomastik Plectrum strings. They make violin strings. They're great. Sometimes they also have heavy bottom."

Mikael use the PRS P24 since the pale communion.