Misha Mansoor

"I wanted to create a fresh, new overdrive that’s envisioned from the ground up as modern design for modern musicians. I knew I would need help, so I enlisted some of my friends from Wired Guitarist, because I knew I couldn’t found a company on my own. However, none of us are electrical engineers.

I feel so lucky, because we got our first choice of pedal companies to work with us on the Precision Drive: MXR. To be honest, this was a huge relief. Making great analog pedals for over 40 years? Inventors of the Carbon Copy and Phase 90? I knew for sure that our production was solid. Then came the hard part.

Over 400 hours of R&D going into the initial circuit. More than 6 revisions just on the noise gate (yep it has a noise gate!). That wasn’t enough though. I wanted Horizon Devices from the very start to be community oriented. What if I loved the pedal and no one else did? Everyone has their blind spots.

I took everything friends, musicians, producers, and engineers have told me over the years, and combined it with specific input from over 4800 guitarists in the Horizon Devices community. That resulted in even more tweaks to the final pedal, but all of this work was worth it."

0:53 in this video by periphery you can see the brown eye in misha mansoors apartment.

Misha Mansoor features the Friedman BE-OD LTD Artisan Edition Overdrive on his pedalboard, as shown in his Instagram post captioned "Work in progress pedalboard/inspiration station."

Misha Mansoor showcases the Bondi Effects Sick As Overdrive MkII on his Instagram, labeling it part of his "work in progress pedalboard/inspiration station."

Misha Mansoor features the Walrus Audio Monument tremolo pedal on his "work in progress pedalboard/inspiration station," as shown in a post on his Instagram account, @mishaperiphery.

In this rig rundown for Pemier Guitar, Misha talks about the Custom Strat-Type guitar that he had Jackson make for him. In this guitar he has a pair of single coils in the midle and neck position. these single coils were custom-wound for him by Bareknuckle pickups. These pickups acompany Misha's signature Bareknuckle Ragnorok Humbucker that is in the bridge position.

In this video at 2:25, Misha Mansoor can be seen using a Boss MD-500 pedal along with other Boss mega effects pedals.

Now I have the Eventide Space and H9 Max pedals on the board, as well as the Meris Polymoon and Ottobit.

Misha Mansoor uses the Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl MKII, as seen in his Instagram post detailing his current pedalboard setup.

IN this rig rundown misha shows off his signature peavey invective amp. He uses this mainly to power his axe fx. the axe fx and invective head go into matching invective cabs

For some of Periphery's music, Misha requires an 8 string. He uses his jackson juggernaut 8 string. this guitar is an 8 string version of his Jackson Juggernaut signature guitars

In this video, Misha Mansoor is shown to use a Marshall 1960A cabinet with his EVH 5150 III head.

In this video, Misha's gear is spotted with a Line 6 Vetta II HD 300 head and a FBV foot controller.

THis is the mini head version of misha's signature invective amp

Sends Horizon Devices Precision drive into 5150 Pedal and then into interface

In this video, Misha's rig is shown to consist of a Line 6 G90 wireless system.

In this video, Misha's pedalboard can be shown to consist of a Boss TU-3 tuner pedal.

In this video misha demos his signature toneforge plugin

For namm 2021 jackson released a signature so cal for misha. This was based the a custom so cal that jackson made for him. It is fitted with misha’s signaure Bareknuckle ragnorock humbucker as well as well as a pair of Bareknuckle trilogy single coils

Featured in this August 2, 2017 video.

testing out the mojo generator known as the ep-2 echoplex

Signal path is Jackson Juggernaut HT6 to Radial J48 (for reamping) to Bogner Shiva to Suhr Reactive Load to Two Notes Torpedo Live (as IR loader with a custom IR) into Cubase with no processing.

When Misha was asked on Ask.fm "Favourite chorus pedal atm?" He responded, "Probably the Greenhouse Effects Stonefish chorus."

"This I haven't integrated yet, but I just think this is one of the best pedals on the market, it's the Carbon Copy. I use this to record all the time, 'cause you just get, like, trippy chorus echo sounds which I love, they're all over my demos and recordings". – Misha Mansoor on the MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal.

In this photo, Jackson is seen playing a completely custom Jackson, straight out of Jackson's Custom Shop, "The world’s longest-operating custom shop, turning out world-class custom guitars ever since Grover Jackson first affixed his name to a headstock in 1980".

In this video from Oct. '14 about Periphery's Rig Misha have a crush on his orange guitar: "This is made out of material called Arium... This guitar was build in the Netherlands... by a bunch of crazy 'netherlandians'... It's a really really cool guitar made by 'Aristides'. This is the 070 model."

pedals that have made it onto the album

pedals that have made it onto the album

pedals that have made it onto the album

Misha Mansoor used the TC Electronic Sentry Noise Gate Guitar Pedal during the recording of Periphery III, as evidenced by his Instagram post showcasing the pedals featured on the album.

pedals that have made it onto the album

pedals that have made it onto the album