Richard Zven Kruspe

Most of the concerts Richard plays on the exclusive ESP RZK-I BURNT (guitar information is available on the official website of ESP). Richard takes a white ESP to perform the Deutschland song, you can see this in the video.

Photo of Richard playing ESP KH-4 Signature

In this photo of the Tour Sehnsucht, you can see Richard playing his ESP KH2

This video was taken by Richard's guitar tech, it shows the amps.

Richard can be seen using a heavily-modified ESP Truckster both in the music video for Emigrate's "My World" and Hotei's "Move It".

Richard's newest guitar, first time played live in Nimes, 2017. Was once again used in the music video for Zick Zack, now sporting a zebra-print pickguard.

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On the official site of Mesa Boogie, it lists a Triple Rectifier Amp among Richard Zven Kruspe's gear.

Used in the Mann Gregen Mann video

Usata sempre in studio e durante i tour

On the official site of ESP, it says that Kruspe has endorsed the brand since 1997, and it quotes RZK : "I fell in love with ESP guitars, and i've been with them ever since."

It lists the RZK-II Burnt as his signature guitar, and includes this photo of him with it.

In this picture, Richard can be seen using his RZK-1 loaded with a Fishman Fluence Modern set modified with red covers.

On this artist page for Richard Kruspe of Rammstein, is all of the T.C Electronic pedals he uses, among them is a TC Electronic Röttweiler Distortion.

In a photo from Rammsteinworld, Richard Zven Kruspe is seen performing with the ESP Akauzu-Kun Közi Signature See-Through Red guitar in the background.

During the Festivals 2016 tour, Richard Zven Kruspe used the ESP LTD EC-256 Aged Vintage Black guitar, notably incorporating a flamethrower effect during performances, as detailed on Guitar Center's website.

In this photo you see Richard playing his ESP Eclipse

I like the tightness of the active pickups, but need a lot of personality. I tried a few different pickups and decided to go with the DiMarzio D Activator pickups. They have the tightness of active pickups, but the personality of passive pickups.

Richard, in an interview in 2008, says he began to use DiMarzio D-Activator pickups. Although it was possibly a brief stint, as he's still seen using EMG pickups both live and in the studio.

In this picture, Richard can be seen with 2 ADA MP-1 preamps in his rack.

He has also said in this interview that he recorded the cleans for the first Emigrate album with the preamp running into a Mesa 295 Strategy power amp.

This was an auction for Richard's main guitar in the early days of Rammstein, the 901. This was used to record Herzeleid, and possibly Sehnsucht. It was used extensively until 1997, when he began using an ESP KH-2 for drop D tunings and the 901 for standard tunings, and then replaced by a 2nd KH-2. He then "revived" the guitar in the early 2000s by adding a white pickguard and installing EMG pickups, using it for songs that required alternate tunings like Mein Herz Brennt.

Richard also has a 2nd 901 that was used extensively during the 1997 leg of the Sehnsuct tour and in the music video for the song Engel.

Normally what I do, I have one amp that I use very regularly, and it’s the Mesa Boogie MK II C+ which is like one of those Holy Grail amps. I love that amp. I used it on the new Rammstein record along with a Friedman amp which I like too for some of the crunchy sounds.

On Bück dich, Richard of Rammstein used a Roland PC-200MKII, as seen in this photo.

In this picture, Richard can be seen using a Soldano Decatone, the top-most amp in his stack of amps.

He has also said in this interview that he recorded the first Emigrate album with a Soldano alongside his Dual Rectifier.

In this picture, Richard can be seen with a Soldano Avenger. It's the 2nd-to-top amp in his stack of amps.

He has also said in this interview that he recorded the first Emigrate album with a Soldano alongside his Dual Rectifier.

In this interview at 3:29, Richard claims his ESP 901, which was the original guitar he used for the first 2 Rammstein albums, had an "SH-4" pickup, most likely referencing the Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB.

Richard uses this several times live, the microphone has a matte black finish with a red LED light.

Se puede ver a Richard usar en varias ocaciones en vivo, el microfono es de acabado negro mate con una luz led de color rojo

Richard Zven Kruspe, guitarist of Rammstein, is shown using the TC Electronic Dark Matter Distortion pedal. This is evidenced by a photo on his artist page, highlighting the range of TC Electronic pedals in his setup.

Richard only uses this in the studio

In this photo you can see certain pedals in the cabinet of Richard, among these the OCD

Picture of some of Richard's guitars, among which you can see the ESP LTD EC-1000QM Deluxe

In the official video for "Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen?" by Rammstein, Richard Zven Kruspe is seen using a Shure Super 55-BLK Deluxe Vocal Microphone mounted on a telescopic stand, controlled by a pedal for height adjustment.

“I mainly recorded everything clean and then DI the signal later on through effects. I tend to use plugins more than outside gear anyway because I find it easier to change the configurations. But there is one thing I discovered last year, which is the Plasma Pedal… it just has this great fuckin’ fuzz sound.”