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Cannibal Corpse - Pat O'Brien Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:42

Pat O'Brien is the guitarist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse.

Let's take a peak at the gear and equipment that has been seen in Pat's guitar rig.

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Guitars

- B.C Rich custom Flying V guitars with EMG pickups
- Ran guitars (Pat O'Brien signature model w/ EMG 81)

The signature Ran guitar


- Jackson guitars
- EMG 81 pickups (big part of the sound)

EMG EMG-81 Humbucking Active Guitar Pickup Black





Amps and Cabinets
- Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier head (two channel) and Mesa 4 4x12 Cabinets (part of the usual rig). One of the cabinets has 300-watt Black Label Society Electro-Voice speakers


- Marshall 4x12 straight Cabinets

Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Straight


- Engle Powerball amp (has been used in recording)

Engl Powerball 100W Guitar Amp Head


- Crate amplifiers (Blue Voodoo heads)

Crate Blue Voodoo BV120HB Guitar Amp Head

- Mesa Boogie Mark V



Effects and More
- Boss Metal Zone (with Robert Keeley mod)

Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Effects Pedal


- Ibanez Tube Screamer (some recordings)

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Effects Pedal

- ISP Decimator pedal

ISP Technologies Decimator Noise Reduction Pedal

- Boss Octaver pedal

- Dunlop original Crybaby wah pedal

Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal

 

- Dunlop picks and possibly DR strings
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 14:51
 

Comments 

 
+1 #22 RE: Cannibal Corpse - Pat O'Brien Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Tony 2012-01-30 09:48
the new album "Torture" isn't even out yet(March 13th, 2012, if I remember correctly), so I doubt he's used it live yet, or even if he will... they used the Mark V and the Triple Rectifier for recording the album(as shown in the new 'making of' video available from Metal Blade on their youtube channel).
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0 #21 Amp settings? — Johnschild666 2012-01-28 15:09
Does anyone know the amp settings on the messa live? like the bass mid and treb..
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+1 #20 RE: Cannibal Corpse - Pat O'Brien Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Jacob D. 2012-01-26 20:20
He also is using the mesa boogie mark 5 on the new album!
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+2 #19 RE: Cannibal Corpse - Pat O'Brien Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — N.K 2011-04-12 15:09
His rig is as follows:

x6 B.C. Rich Handcrafted Vs:
Various 3x3 headstocks, JRV or Speed V shape, mahogany body,maple neck through, ebony fingerboard, 25.5" or 27" scale, EMG 81, 1 volume, 24 frets, floyd rose.

x2 Ran Custom Invaders:
1x green/black camo, alder body, maple neck thru, ebony fingerboard, EMG81, 25.5, 1 vil, 24 frets, Schaller floyd.
1x satin black w/ same spec + carved wings & Demon headstock.

Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier 2 Channel Heads x2. 1x Blackface w/ chrome chassis, 1x Blue treadplate w/ black chassis.

Engl Powerball 100 Head(used for recording solos).

x2 Mesa Boogie Rectifier 4x12 Cabs w/ Black Label Society EV 100w speakers.

Boss Metal Zone as boost, ISP Decimator noise supressor.

Dunlop picks, 13-56 D'addario strings.
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+2 #18 RE: Cannibal Corpse - Pat O'Brien Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — collin 2011-03-27 23:53
did anyone notice the Mesa Boogie Dual rectifier head on top of the stack in the left of the picture? Every time I have seen them live, they used the Dual rec.
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-3 #17 RE: Cannibal Corpse - Pat O'Brien Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Jason 2011-03-08 07:31
They switch from Bb to Eb for the Chris barnes stuff but don;t switch guitars.Surely they must use some sort of pitjcshifter for that because they still play all the riffson the bottom strings??
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0 #16 Shade 2010-06-29 13:12
I saw them back in 2000 and the Crate GX-130c was still in the rig. The guitar tech told me it was just a back up and the main amp was a Marshall rack mount. Barrett and O'Brien both used the GX-130c early on. Awesome amp, with good built in distortion and you could get them cheap.
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+4 #15 Dude — Jonathan P. 2010-06-17 09:43
This website is correct as far as gear. Pat doesn't use a Boss noise gate because it sucks his tone and doesn't use a marshall w/Black Label Society Electro-Voice speakers it's actually a mesa w/ Black Label Society Electro-Voice speakers. He uses the Robert Keeley Boss MT-2 to push his distortion "over the edge", it stays on all the time. A far as cabs he owns 2 mesa's one w/ v-30's and one w/Black Label Society Electro-Voice speakers. Guitars (the ones I've seen, He own 6 B.C. Rich custom shop V's ones is a 7 String, he also has a U.S.A. Jackson king V and a Ran guitars custom V and One of the first V's he owned, a Gibson flying v w/ a custom pick guard (single bridge pickup and volume). Stage set up is very simple, In Pat's opinion less is more.
Amps: Mesa dual rectifiers
Pedals: Boss MT-2 (Robert Keeley mod), Crybaby wah, Boss octaver and a ISP Decimator.
Cabs: Mesa w/ v-30's and /EV
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+1 #14 Dumba$$! — Jonathan Powell 2010-05-20 17:04
Actually Pat does use a ISP Decimator pedal he also uses a octaver for soloing (sometimes)He DOES NOT USE A Boss ns-2 cause it cuts his signal. Where are you getting this??
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+1 #13 jared 2010-05-12 07:50
ive talked to pat several times about the gear that he uses. on stage he uses a mesa boogie triple rectifier and 4x12 mesa cabinets. from them he uses and only uses the boss mt2 (robert keeley mod) to shape the mesa's tone. the engl head was used to record the leads on evisceration plague, and is owned by erik rutan of hate eternal. as far as strings and picks go he uses jim dunlop 13-56 strings, and jim dunlop nylon .88mm picks. levys guitar straps. emg 81 pick up. Also he hasnt used the 7 string model since he first joined the band, and now uses b.c. rich, jr v custom shops, tuned down to Bb.
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0 #12 uberpro 2010-03-17 11:41
Here's a couple of links to disprove your "don't use" list. cannibalcorpse.org/.../...

sevenstring.org/.../...
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-1 #11 ??? 2010-03-17 11:24
Pat O'Brien don't use :
_Boss Octaver pedal
_ISP Decimator pedal
_Ibanez Tube Screamer
_DR strings

He use :
_Boss NS-2
_D'Addario strings

Other precisions :
_Marshall 1960 Lead 4x12 Straight cabinet

AND HE IS ONLY IN CANNIBAL CORPSE!!!
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0 #10 re: Crate — tony93666 2009-11-18 02:26
I've only seen Pat use Mesa amps, but I have seen him use Crate cabs. Jack Owen was the main Crate guy in Cannibal Corpse. Back in the day, alot of death metallers used the Crate GX-130c amp head, which is virtually identical internally to the much revered Ampeg VH140C. The first 4 CC albums were mostly done with those Crate heads. Later Jack went to the Digitech 2101 preamp, but always used Crate cabs. Most people associate Crate with cheap practice amps, but that wasn't always the case.
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0 #9 tony93666 2009-11-15 07:31
the Engl amp head was used just for the leads on the "Evisceration Plague" CD. I believe the head belongs to Eric Rutan(Hate Eternal), owner of Mana Recording Studios, where the last 2 CDs have been recorded(also produced by Rutan). All rhythms were done using Pat's triple rectifier.
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0 #8 more effects — Cale 2009-07-06 03:39
hes starting to use more effects now lol wow
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0 #7 N/A — Matt Crowley 2009-04-23 07:26
Rob Barrett uses Dunlop Tortex .88 mm picks. Pat uses the nylon .88 mm picks.
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-1 #6 Matt 2009-04-23 04:41
I was close to the the stage were Pat was preforming and I also saw him using Dunlop Crybaby Original and he was using a Mesa Dual Rectifier, I never heard of Cannibal Corpse using Crate but not expensive overrated ENGLs.
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0 #5 Strings — Guest 2009-03-21 14:10
he uses D'Addario 13-56
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-1 #4 what picks does he use? — Mraz 2009-02-28 04:14
What picks does he use?

The same as Rob Barrett? (Dunlop Nylon 0.88mm)
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0 #3 uberpro 2009-02-06 06:14
He doesn't actually use a lot of effects. One of the few who doesn't ;-)
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0 #2 gear comment — cale 2009-02-06 06:10
thats all the effects he uses ? or you just dont know the others that he utilizes ? cus im sure he uses more than just the tubescreamer and boss metalzone lol but either way its good so far, hes a sick guitarist!! hail cannibal corpse!! \m/
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+3 #1 Sean 2009-01-31 13:57
He also has a BC Rich Chuck Schuldiner Stealth.
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