Misha Mansoor plays guitar in the progressive metal band Periphery.
Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Misha's guitar rig.
Click the gear images for more info and specs at Guitar Center
Note: Misha's rig tends to be changed/updated often! He often posts tons of cool gear info on his Facebook.
Guitars
- Bareknuckle Pickups Aftermath and Black Hawk Sets
- Bernie Rico Jr guitar (Dimarzio Crunch Lab and Liquid Fire pickups)
- Bernie Rico Jr. Jekyll 7 string (Listed it for sale May 2013)
- Various Mayones guitars including Regius and Setius Pro 7
- Mayones guitar (Dimarzio Crunch Lab and Liquid Fire pickups)
- Mayones guitar (Bareknuckle pickups)
- Mayones guitar (Dimarzio EVO pickups)
- Mayones Regius MM TT 4EVER (Bareknuckle Aftermath pickups)
- Ibanez RG3120 (with Crunchlab/Liquifire pickups. Listed it for sale May 2013)
- RAN Crusher 8 guitar (Bareknuckle Aftermath 8 Set)
- Composite Acoustics GX guitar
- Black Machine 7 string (Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat pickups)
- Ibanez RGA420Z
- Ibanez RGA7 custom
- Decibel Guitars Javelin dB1
- Jackson Adrian Smith Strat
- Ernie Ball BFR Petrucci
- Strandberg Guitarworks #23
- Carvin HH2 Holdsworth (blueburst)
- Jackson Custom Shop Dinky 7
- Jackson Custom Shop 6 (blue, Bare Knuckle Juggernaut pickups)
- Jackson B8 (flame top wood, Bare Knuckle Juggernaut pickups)
- Dell'Isola Instruments Custom 6
- Daemoness Guitars Cimmerian 7 (lagoon burst with awesome shattering bulb inlays)
Amps
- Mackie HD1531 PA Speakers
- Atomic Powered Wedges (past)
- Mackie HD1221 wedges
- Zilla 2x12 Fatboy cab
- Blackstar HT-5R
- EVH 5150 III amp head (white)
- Egnater Rebel 20 head
- Engl Invader 100 head (2009)
- Orange PPC 4x12 cab with Celestion V30 speakers (2009)
Effects and More
- Fractal Audio AxeFx II (goes direct to board)
- Fractal AxeFx Ultra
- Line 6 G90 relay wireless rack unit
- Darkglass B7K Pedal
- Pro Tone Misha Mansoor Overdrive pedal
- Mission Misha Mansoor wah
- Microtubes B3K CMOS Bass Overdrive pedal
- ACS T1 Live In-Ears or Shure in-ears
May 2013 he posted a picture of pedals he was trying from Dunlop:
- MXR Stereo Chorus
- MXR Carbon Copy
- MXR Custom Comp
- Way Huge Ringworm
- MXR/CAE Boost/Line Driver
- MXR 6 band EQ
- MXR/CAE Buffer MC406
- MXR DC Brick
- variety of wahs: Cantrell wah, Classic wah, CAE wah, and 535Q wah
- T-Rex "The Twister" Chorus/Flanger pedal (Listed it for sale May 2013)
In 2009 he was using:
- Voodoo Lab Ground Control midi controller
- Maxon OD-808
- Keeley compressor
- TC Electronic stereo chorus/flanger
- TC Electronic G Major (for delays and reverb)
- ISP Decimator noise gate pedal
- Boss NS-2 noise gate
- Boss tuner
- VHT valvulator
Strings
- D'Addario EXL 117 strings 11-56 gauge (for 6-string guitar)
- D'Addrio EXL110 Nickel Wound, Regular Light, 10-46 gauge (D'Addario website shows he uses the 6 string versions of these, but our guess is that it's likely the 7-string versions)
- D'Addario EXL140-8 strings Nickel Wound, Light Top/Heavy Bottom, 10-74 gauge
