Joel Stroetzel plays guitar along with Adam Dutkiewicz in one of the better heavy bands around, Killswitch Engage. Joel has a relatively simple rig, but it sure does sound good. Joel also plays with Times of Grace.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Joel's Killswitch Engage guitar rig.

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Guitars
- Caparison Guitars - TAT custom, Dellinger, Angelus model, etc...

Pickups

- EMG 81 pickups

Amps and Cabinets
Note: Joel uses some different amps, so you may see him using various amps live.

- Splawn Nitro amp (dirty tones)

- Fuchs Viper (dirty tones)

- Fuchs Clean Machine amp combo (clean tones)

- Mesa Boogie Stiletto straight Cabinet 4x12 with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers

- EVH 5150 III (Times of Grace)

Other amps previously used:

- Framus Cobra Amp
- Hughes & Kettner Triamp MKII

- Mesa Boogie amps
- 70’s Fender Vibrolux (clean in the studio)




Effects and More
- Korg DTR Rack Tuner

- Maxon OD808 Overdrive

- Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer

- Boss NS-2

- Sennheiser EW300 Wireless

- ISP Decimator (rack)

- Maxon AD9

Joel has said that the OD808 and TS-808 are his favorite pieces of gear


Strings
- DR TITE Fit .011 - .050 gauge (also uses .012-.054's) guitar strings

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- Caparison picks, which Joel has stated are similar to the Dunlop Jazz III picks (pictured below)