Thomas Gabriel Fischer

"I now consider it a huge mistake to have used guitars different than my usual Ibanez Icemans for anything other than leads. It caused me to temporarily lose my signature sound, a sound I was/am extremely fond of and which defines me entirely." Source: http://www.triptykon.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1733&sid=c3124cbe2fd8e751084cf29d72df6093

What stands behind him is clearly his JCM 800. He used it in Hellhammer, throughout Celtic Frost and I believe he's still using it in Triptykon, although I'm not sure.

Thomas Gabriel Fischer is noted for using the Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive pedal, as mentioned on Alchetron. While the information originates from Wikipedia, it's widely recognized among Hellhammer and Celtic Frost fans that his setup has consistently included the JCM 800 and the Ibanez TS9.

Ian Robertson of Chromaticism blog took a picture of Thomas Gabriel Fischer's pedalboard during Triptykon's 2016 Zürich gig.

The pedalboard contained a Ibanez TS-Mini, a Boss OC-3 Super Octave Pedal, an Ibanez WD7JR Weeping Demon Junior wah, and a Korg PitchBlack Chromatic tuner.

Since the TS-Mini was released in 2015 this pedal was obviosly not a part of his old Hellhammer and Celtic Frost era pedalboard.

Sinc the TS-Mini is essentially a miniaturized TS-9 it's quite possible that the original Tube Screamer used by him in old albums was a TS-9.

He can be seen with that guitar in this picture.

"The red guitar with white stripes and a Stratocaster body is my first St. Blues "Eliminator", which is still in my possession today (although I do intend to sell it).

I used it for almost all guitars recorded for "Into The Pandemonium" and, later, "Vanity/Nemesis", and also on the associated tours. I also used it, although in a far more limited manner, for "Monotheist" and "Eparistera Daimones" (see below).

Tommy Vetterli of Coroner and I were, for a time in the late 1980s, quite taken by the quality of the luxurious workmanship applied to the St. Blues guitars and by their sound. It was Tommy who, still as my guitar tech, pointed these guitars out to me. At one time, I owned three St. Blues "Eliminators", one in red and two in black. I sold the black ones in Texas in early 1993.

I now consider it a huge mistake to have used guitars different than my usual Ibanez Icemans for anything other than leads. It caused me to temporarily lose my signature sound, a sound I was/am extremely fond of and which defines me entirely. The red St. Blues is an excellent guitar for leads, however, particularly because of it's fantastic old Kahler tremolo system. I thus used it for a few harmonies, leads, and guitar turmoil on "Monotheist" (e.g. in "Ain Elohim") and "Epaistera Daimones" (e.g. in "The Prolonging")."

Ian Robertson of Chromaticism blog took a picture of Thomas Gabriel Fischer's pedalboard during Triptykon's 2016 Zürich gig.

The pedalbaord contained a Ibanez TS-Mini, a Boss OC-3 Super Octave Pedal, an Ibanez WD7JR Weeping Demon Junior wah, and a Korg PitchBlack Chromatic tuner.

The Boss OC-3 wasn't a part of his Hellhammer and Celtic Frost era pedalboard.

Thomas Gabriel Fischer is frequently photographed playing a Gibson Flying V, as shown on the Hellhammer Burial Site section of the Triptykon website.

Thomas Gabriel Fischer occasionally plays the Ibanez Les Paul, as seen in a user-uploaded photo on Metal-Archives.

He used it at the 1989 live Celtic Frost gig at Hammersmith Odeon. This guitar can be seen in this video. As seen in the video his Model 5 gitar has multiple Michelle logos on it, those are the initials of his ex-wife Michelle Villanueva.

Thomas Gabriel Fischer is known to have used the Boss PW-1 Rocker Wah pedal. Although the original interview where he mentioned this is no longer available, the attached user-uploaded photo on Reverb provides visual evidence of his connection to this gear.

He can be seen with this guitar in this Hellhammer era picture.

Ian Robertson of Chromaticism blog took a picture of Thomas Gabriel Fischer's pedalboard during Triptykon's 2016 Zürich gig.

The pedalboard contained a Ibanez TS-Mini, a Boss OC-3 Super Octave Pedal, an Ibanez WD7JR Weeping Demon Junior wah, and a Korg PitchBlack Chromatic tuner.

Since the Korg PitchBlack chromatic tuner pedal was released in 2008 it obvisouly wasn't a part of his Hellhammer and Celtic Frost era pedalboard.

Ian Robertson of Chromaticism blog took a picture of Thomas Gabriel Fischer's pedalboard during Triptykon's 2016 Zürich gig.

The pedalboard contained a Ibanez TS-Mini, a Boss OC-3 Super Octave Pedal, an Ibanez WD7JR Weeping Demon Junior wah, and a Korg PitchBlack Chromatic tuner.

Since the Ibanez Weeping Demon Junior was introduced in 1999 it's obviously wasn't a part of his original Hellhammer and Celtic Frost era pedalboard. He used some other wah pedal in his old albums.

In the official music video for "Wine In My Hand (Third From The Sun)" by Celtic Frost, Thomas Gabriel Fischer can be clearly seen playing a red B.C. Rich Warlock guitar. This visual confirmation is provided in the video published on YouTube by Celtic Frost.