Ville Valo

Ville has been seen using Gibson Acoustic live and in videos, namely a tabacco burst SJ-200

While recording 'Venus Doom' Producer Tim Palmer said: 'A Neumann U67. It has a really warm, full sound, and, if you crank the preamp, the mic distorts beautifully when the vocalist screams'

Sennheiser’s Pierre Morant, relations manager EMEA, took on the mic challenge to find a perfect solution. “He and his team suggested the Sennheiser e 965, which has a sound that is very similar to the KMS 105,” said Hara. “And it turned out to be more suitable due to the very high SPLs we have on stage".

On this picture you can see Ville Vallo holding Synergy R1 by Audified

Ville playing a fender precision bass

Seen using Resonators live in support of 'Rambo Rimbaud' and HIM.

Used for live lead vocals before switching to a Sennheiser E965.

Ville Valo is seen playing a Gibson Thunderbird IV bass in a user-uploaded photo.

In this video, Ville uses a Yamaha 12 string acoustic guitar

In a 2003 YouTube video titled "Ville Valo - MAD TV Studios, 2003 (Acoustic Performance & Interview)" by Heartarchive, Ville Valo is seen playing a Gibson Hummingbird Standard, Vintage Sunburst acoustic guitar. During this performance he plays several HIM songs, facilitated by the fact that he wrote almost all of their songs and has stated in many interviews that his way of starting the song-writing process is always with his acoustic guitars.