Neil Westfall

"I think my first guitar I got that was like a real guitar was an ESP EC-400 or something like that. It had EMGs in it and ESP was one of the only companies making the Les Paul body style with the EMG pickups just out the gate. So that's the kind of sound I was looking for and that's what I played a lot live. " - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

Neil had two custom esp's added to his collection in 2016. Its got a single bridge humbucker, single volume knob.

Neil uses a Fender Jim Root Jazzmaster refitted with Bare Knuckle Aftermath humbuckers as his backup guitar.

Neil plays a heavily reliced ESP LTD EC-401B. Neil claims it was not quite what he needed. Thus he's removed the neck pickup and most of the electronics. He fitting the bridge with a Bare Knuckle Juggernaut humbucker. The guitar was heavily relliced by his guitar tech and Travis Barker's son Landon while on tour with Blink. This guitar even has staples that where shot into the body, along with heavy ware to the finish

In this video for Premier Guitar, Neil talks about his red baritone. He states that, he uses baritones for the lower tuned songs in the set. He explaines, his baritones are fitted with a Bare Knuckle Juggernaut in the bridge. He claims the guitar is not quite the finish he likes. He prefers more of a matte finish rather than gloss. This guitar is prototype for a potential baritone sig.

this is the Preformance of Violence by ADTR at Rock Am Ring 2013. Neil can be seen using a Esp Ltd viper 7 string for this song.

In this rig rundown for Premier Guitar, Neil talks about his LTD Signature. This guitar is an eclips shape. it features a Bare Kuckle Aftermath Pickup in the bridge. He had previously used emg pickups. He switched to a Bare knuckle after hearing Lee Malia use one when ADTR was on tour with BMTH. Neil opted for a single bridge pickup, and volume knob. Niel claims that is all he needs for his guitar playing. This guitar was released at NAMM 2018

For ADTR's preformance on Jimmy Kimmel, Neil can be seen using a Gibson Les Paul Custom. He used several of his les paul customs live before fully endorsing esp guitars

For ADTR's live cover of Privit Eye By Alkaline Trio, Neil can be seen using a custom Jaguar. This Jaguar has one pickup and volume knob

"In my rig it's a 5150. Now I'm using the EVH 5150 III but before I used the 5150 II or the 5150 I. I think I've had every single one of 'em. Then I would use a Tube Screamer in front of it just to kind of push it a little harder. Really not until "Common Courtesy," I never used any pedals." - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

"Yeah. For a while when we started doing better for ourselves, I started trying out all these crazy hi-gain amps. I had a Bogner Ecstasy and then I had a Diezel Herbert, an Engl, a Framus. It all sounded good and you're always chasing that sound like you said but nothing really worked like that classic 5150 sound. It's so reliable." - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

This was also one of the amps he used, according to Ultimate Guitar interview.

In my rig it's a 5150. Now I'm using the EVH 5150 III but before I used the 5150 II or the 5150 I. I think I've had every single one of 'em. Then I would use a Tube Screamer in front of it just to kind of push it a little harder. Really not until "Common Courtesy," I never used any pedals.

Neil uses Kemper Profilers while on tour. He switched to kemper as a way to cut down on shipping costs. It would have cost alot more to ship a regular amp head and cab around the world for tours. He set up his presets while recording the album Bad Vibrations. Bill Stevenson of Decendents helped get the presets while producing the album. The presets are bassed off Neil's Bogner Extacy, EVH 5150 III, and Marshall JCM 800 amps. They tone matched the amps and the kemper until they sounded as identical as possible

"In my rig it's a 5150. Now I'm using the EVH 5150 III but before I used the 5150 II or the 5150 I. I think I've had every single one of 'em. Then I would use a Tube Screamer in front of it just to kind of push it a little harder. Really not until "Common Courtesy," I never used any pedals." - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

" I played lead on "End of Me" so I needed pedals for that and that kind of introduced me to pedals. Now I have a whole pedalboard and it's weird. That's really what my sound is: an EMG 81 in the bridge." - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

In this rig rundown for premier guitar Niel talks about his signature guitar. This guitar is loaded with a single Bare Knuckle Aftermath Pickup. Neil Switched to Bare knuckle pickups after hearing Lee of Bring Me the Horizon use one. He states that, he called up Bare knuckle and asked what they suggested for his style of playing, and his sound. they suggested both an aftermath, and a juggernaut

In this rig rundown Neil talks about the baratone guitar he uses. He states that he uses a Juggernaut in his baratone. He talked to the team at Bare knuckle and asked what the recommended for his style and tone of guitar playing. They recommended him both the aftermath and juggernaut. he opted to put a aftermath in his regular 6 string, and a juggernaut in his baratone

according to the emg website Neil used a emg 60 pickup. He used this along with an emg 81. he used this until he switched to bareknuckle pickups which are in all of his signature guitars

In this video for Premier Guitar Neil talks about strings. He states that he uses the not even slinkys on his guitars. Neil claims these strings are great for drop tunings. He likes these strings because ADTR tends to tune to drop c or lower. These srring guages are the perfect tension for his style and tone of playing