Velibor Nikolic

A 2017., American Pro series Fender Jaguar for some future Brigand challenges. Has a very stable sound, much more serious and deeper than "regular" Jaguar models(I always considered Jaguar a more "indie" type of guitar for players with lighter sound, until I tried this one), which suits mine key of C. Tremolo works like a dream, which is important to me because I want to expand my bending tehnique.

A "legendary", "untunable" Ibanez that I have since 2006. Many gigs, many recordings. Made its studio debut on Jewy Sabatay`s second album "Nihilist"(Squirrel & Worm, Swan Song, Kraj Puta), then featured on parts of "Hang The Ghost!" and "Summer Monstrous" Alvarez albums, also featured on third, final Jewy Sabatay album(all except parts of Prevara and Lisac Od Zelatina), half of Brigands "Zaplešimo Grešnici", and whole "Lov Na Vukove" and "Daleko Je Vavilon" albums. Shows itself in much better light with effects and doing surprisingly well in studio, outgunning some much more expensive guitars. It has a tweaked bridge under a specific angle(duo to lacking of one piece of gear in the back), allowing me to discover and master some interesting bending tehniques. Good for avant-garde sound and playing. But if you are more into classic rock, stay away from this one.

Very good all-around acoustic guitar, that serves all purposes. Bought it in 2012. I had recorded whole "Covek Peva Posle Rata" album with it, also a few other recordings needed for Brigand and solo works. Really stable and good sounding guitar for its price.

My amp. Since 2011. I record everything on it. It has that unique "dry", "gray", sound that I like, so it`s good for coloring it with effects. I don`t use its footswitch because I don`t have good control of the distortion with it. Good bass control, with Ibanez it`s on 5/10, with Jaguar it`s on full 10/10. Great reverb also, which is always around 7/10 in my case.

My cabinet. Never let me down. The only flaw is that it is pretty bulky so we always have some issues putting it in my car.

This small piece of wood and metal does quite good in room conditions. For it`s size, it can be very loud without losing much of the quality, I even recorded some solo stuff with it. Small surprise.

My first amp. It was made for me by my father, who is an electrician, somewhere in 1999. It has very precise sound, 60 Watts, and two quality Celestion speakers,. It was used on first Jewy Sabatay album, and on "Hang The Ghost" and "Summer Monstrous" as a whole, also on Jewy Sabatay`s final album(mostly as a "carpet" behind Laney which reamped the guitar sound). But after I bought Peavey Valve King I almost completely retired it. Only exeption is the solo guitar part on Beskicmenjak on "Lov Na Vukove", which was recorded on this little beast. This is not an original picture of amp, since I dont have one. I found similar photo on the internet and edited it to look alike my amp.

What to say about this piece of history that has not been said. Truly magical tone, a king of distorsions, the character of tone is beautiful.

Really sophisticated Russian piece that I use for semigain sound, Controls are great, sound is warm and creamy, but without loss of definition.

Serious phaser. No more, no less. Love the sound and it "breathes" good in any mode.

Beautiful chorus / echo int the vain of most avantgarde sounds of eighties alternative/goth rock. Really useful pedal if you are into it.

I got this by a friend and latter he told me that it was used in recording sessions of one world famous band.

A special piece in my rig. Similar to DOD Ice Box, It doesn`t change guitar sound color too dramatically, but what it does, it makes your guitar sound double the price. Rotary mode is something I seriously count on in the future works. Beautiful stuff.

Love on the first sight. Bought it somewhere in 2004. This baby changed my perspective of guitar playing. I use it almost always. Love its sound and manipulation, it`s not too experimental, but the delay itself does the job perfectly.

A pure bliss. That`s how real chorus need to sound. Cold as Ice, but natural. I combine it with Boss chorus to gain more chorus tone(this is a very mild pedal).

Since I am the only guitar in the band, and Brigand sound needs to be heavy and rich to make sense, my reverb pedal is almost always turned on. It`s not the best verb on the field, but is far for worst. I regularly use church mod, which gives me that "doomy" sound. Also, I uploaded Jonsi from Sigur Ros mode with Toneprint app, and I use that mode when I need some serious feedback sound.

Interesting little piece, no strong impact on sound but it adds that little tremolo that can sound really nice and mellow. Good for "cherry on the top" building of the sound.

I am not a "wah-man", but even I need this sometimes. I owned Stagg previously and it sucked seriously, so this really saved my day when I play wah. Good controls, good sound.

A working man`s chorus. No more, no less. Has that "plastic" feel in it`s tone when played without complementary second chorus pedal, which I always use to avoid this flaw.

I have this little trinket for years, an it never let me down. It can easily supply eight pedals. Of course, delay is powered on it owns supply. I totally recommend this.

I just adore this baby. I recorded so much material with it("Covek Peva Posle Rata", "Lov Na Vukove", "Prica O Zeleznickom Mostu" as a whole with this one). It works great with guitar recording, even vocal with some later plugins of course. I even carry it on gigs to sing on it from time to time.

To be honest, I am kinda disappointed with this microphone. I bought it somewhere in 2005., when I started doing some amateur demo recordings for my soul. It doesn`t handle higher tones well in my opinion, and recording always sounded somewhat uneditable with this one. When I bought Shure Beta 57 I almost forgot this one.

Pretty basic mixer, with minimal options. But it does the job for me for home recording and it`s reliable.