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Machine Head - Robb Flynn Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 04:40

Robb Flynn is best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the thrash metal/groove metal band Machine Head. Robert formed the band along with Adam Duce, Logan Mader and Tony Costanza after leaving Bay Area thrash titans Vio-Lence.

Flynn also spent a short time in the thrash metal band Forbidden from 1985 to 1987, but left before an album was released.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Machine Head's Robb Flynn Guitar Rig.

CoolClick the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's FriendCool

 

Guitars
- ESP SP120 V-Shaped baritone prototype with EMG pickup

- Epiphone Robb Flynn "Love/Death" Baritone-V guitar

- ESP LTD F-Series

ESP LTD F-400 Electric Guitar See-Through Black

- Red BC Rich Acrylic Warlock

B.C. Rich Dark Arts Warlock Electric Guitar Blood

- Gibson Flying V (w/EMG 81 in bridge)

Gibson Faded Flying V Satin Ebony

- Washburn 333 'Dimebolt' (used for recording "Aesthetics of Hate")
- Eric Clapton Yamaha Acoustic (Robb said in an interview it was a yamaha, however our guess is he meant the Martin?)

Martin 000-28EC Eric Clapton Signature Acoustic Guitar Natural




Amps and Cabinets

- Peavey 6505

Peavey 6505 120W Guitar Amp Head

- Peavey 5150 (Robb named the best head "Bubba" and used it for recording). Robb has at least eight 5150's.

- Marshall 1960BV cabinets

Marshall 1960AV or 1960BV 280W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Straight




Effects and More
- Bob Bradshaw custom unit / Custom Audio Electronics MIDI Foot Controller

- MXR Phase 90

MXR M-101 Phase 90 Pedal

-Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger Pedal

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Effects Pedal

- Boss Chromatic tuner pedal

Boss TU-2 Chromatic Stompbox Tuner

- Line 6 DL4 delay pedal

Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Line 6 MM4 Modulation pedal

Line 6 MM4 Modulation Guitar Effects Pedal

- Furman P-1800 AR Voltage Regulator / Power Conditioner

Furman P-1800 AR Voltage Regulator / Power Conditioner


- Ibanez TS-808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue

Ibanez TS808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue


- Dunlop JH-2S Jimi Hendrix Classic Fuzz Distortion Pedal

- BOSS PQ-4 Parametric Equalizer

- Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter

Electro-Harmonix Nano Small Stone Phase Shifter Guitar Effects Pedal


- Digitech XP-100 Whammy Wah

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control


- BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus

Boss CH-1 SUPER Chorus Pedal


- BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor

- BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay (2)

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal


- Dunlop DCR2SR Crybaby Rack Wah

Dunlop Crybaby Rack Wah

- Boss Flanger

Boss BF-3 Flanger

 

 

 

Picks
- Dunlop Tortex

Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks .73MM 1 Dozen

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2011 14:58
 

Comments 

 
0 #14 RE: Machine Head - Robb Flynn Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentluca 2012-05-05 13:26
what gear has robb used for recording "locust" ?
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0 #13 RE: Machine Head - Robb Flynn Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentTimothy 2012-05-04 04:55
What does he use to hold his acoustic guitar in Descend the shades of Night?
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0 #12 BossMXRFiend 2011-10-26 17:29
If you watch The Blackening DVD he also uses a Boss Flanger.
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+2 #11 Epi SigStephen Q 2011-10-23 05:08
Robb has an Epiphone signature guitar, called the Epiphone Love Death.
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+1 #10 RE: Machine Head - Robb Flynn Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentmcb 2011-06-02 15:02
According to Bob Bradshaw's site, in 2008 he was using:
-Custom Audio Electronics MIDI Foot Controller
-Furman P-1800 AR Voltage Regulator / Power Conditioner
-Ibanez TS-808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue
-Dunlop JH-2S Jimi Hendrix Classic Fuzz Distortion Pedal
-BOSS PQ-4 Parametric Equalizer
-Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter
-Digitech XP-100 Whammy Wah
-Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler
-BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus
-BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor
-BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay (2)
-Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler
-Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger Pedal
-Dunlop DCR2SR Crybaby Rack Wah
-BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
-Peavey 5150 heads
-Marshall 1960BV cabinets

www.customaudioelectronics.com/rig_show
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0 #9 RE: Machine Head - Robb Flynn Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentDanny94 2011-05-25 13:48
@Symon
He does use Gibson as well as ESP. And if it counts, he also used a Westfield Dimebag custom til it got stolen
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0 #8 WAH PEDALkaleb 2011-03-28 11:17
Robb uses some sort of dunlop wah oedal, its in his lesson vid
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+10 #7 rom 2010-01-22 06:44
who knows, what gauge of strings he use??
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+1 #6 BurkeyHope 2009-12-26 15:53
actually he does. look at Halo, the music video. Thats obviously a gibson.
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+3 #5 vuk 2009-11-18 05:46
his guitar tech told me that Robb recently broke the neck on his ESP and now uses Gibson. Think that epiphone might make his signature model and mass produce it.
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0 #4 pike 2009-11-15 12:37
also the prototype esp v is slightly different to the gibson because the headstock and the body are both slightly curved at parts but they both suit him very well
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0 #3 Symon 2009-07-29 05:01
yeah my bad. i looked closer at some of the other pics, saw him using both ESP and GIBSON. the only difference between the guitars is that the ESP has Machine Head logo on frets 1,3,5,7,9...
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+1 #2 He also plays Gibsonuberpro 2009-07-27 05:00
Actually Robb has a signature GIBSON Flying V. Look it up. There are pics of him playing it too.
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-1 #1 guitar correctionSymon 2009-07-26 03:20
Robb doesn't use Gibson!!! he got ESP make him flying V. if u look up pics on the Internet you'll see. also he talks about that in the video when they were recording "Through the Ashes of Empires"
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