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Posted by: Aleš R Jul 1 2008, 10:56 AM

Hello. Know somebody how can I get sound of In Flames band? Amps, efects etc... I have Triaxis and Strategy 500 from Mesa but this is no it. Please tell me ho get In Flames sound, thanks. Sorry for my english.

Posted by: ZakkWylde Jul 1 2008, 12:09 PM

In Flames use Peavey 5150 amps (van halen amps). They have a lot of attack and gain, the eq setting is a lot of bass and hights with scooped out mids. Also you have to detune you guitar pretty low to drop A#.

Posted by: Patrik Jezierski Jul 1 2008, 12:26 PM

Yeah 5150 amps but on stage they also uses line 6 amps combined with the 5150 amps.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jul 1 2008, 01:14 PM

I saw a national (arentinian band) using that amp (5150) and it sounded very agressive & modern. It's a good choice if you want that type of sound.

Posted by: Aleš R Jul 1 2008, 03:23 PM

Thanks very much boys. I know so they used 5150 heads, but realy is this amp so agresive and modern? I never listen it. I have triaxis and sound is agresive but less than In Flames sound. They use 5150 on live play, but in studio? I mean sound of their albums specialy Jaster race or Soundtrack to your escape have great sound also 5150? or something another?
What you mean? Is triaxis better than 5150? stupid question but im interested on your wiew. Thanks

Posted by: Nobody Jul 2 2008, 12:47 AM

Hi there :]

Well you have some hell of a good gear so the problem is that you need to configure it properly. A friend of mine sounded almost 1:1 with S.R.V. with a SQUIER Strat and a Peavey. He just knows which knob to turn and how to push the guitar to sound like him.
So my advice would be not to think about which amp is "better" but to think how to make your very good gear sound the way you want to. For example get a thicker pick, max the volume of your guitar, cut your mids, play more agressively then turn some knobs a bit more and you'll definately get that kind of sound even if you're playing a Sratocaster ;]

Cheers,
Hristian

Posted by: VinceG Jul 2 2008, 03:36 AM

QUOTE (ZakkWylde @ Jul 1 2008, 04:09 PM)

Posted by: ZakkWylde Jul 2 2008, 03:53 AM

Yeah but they droped the low c string another full step for the newer records, kinda came with the style change.

Posted by: MickeM Jul 2 2008, 06:53 AM

It's not my expertise of sound but I read and atricle in a Swedish magazine just rescently about In Flames and they claimed, just like you guys stated, that they tune to C and drop the E further to Bb and use 0.68 or 0.70 strings.
For Abnegation they used various Gibsons and found the Baritone model to be great for this tuning.

Amps heads were Peavey 5150, which is popular for archiving the "Gothenburg sound".

They layed the first rhythm tracks using Peavey 5150 through Marshall 4x12 and Mesa 4x12 miked with SM57 and one ADK and an other amp was the Tiny Terror. Preamps that were used were http://www.mercenary.com/apia2ddu312m.htmland Empirical Labs compressor called http://www.empiricallabs.com/fatmenu.html

The main guitar tracks were recorded with Peavey 5150 and Marshall JCM800 KK through Mesa 4x12 cabinet miked with SM57 and Royer R-122. Preamps being Ward Beck M460 and Amek mic preamp 9098.

And appearantly they bought their own studio to record the album and judging by the somewhat geeky gear used these guys mean business and are very particular about their sound, they know this very well

Posted by: Aleš R Jul 2 2008, 08:48 AM

Thanks Again Boys. You help me. I try tuning again my gear but my gear not same as 5150, but I try remake it on 5150 . Sound of In Flames is realy gooooood, main on Jester race, Whoracle and on Soundtrack. If you will have reminder or facts, go here with them. Thanks

Oh and thanks for compliment of my gear:) Also it was hell expensive.

My gear:
Mesa/Boogie - Strategy 500
- Triaxis 2.0
- Roadking 4x12 box
T.C. Electronic G-Major
Electrovoice RE 2 wireless
Greco Les Paul custom black, EMG 81/89
ESP ltd KH 602 EMG 81/81
And in Czech republic made Guitar copy of Alexi Laiho ESP (very nice work:) with 1 EMG HZ h4

Posted by: MickeM Jul 2 2008, 09:19 AM

QUOTE (Aleš R @ Jul 2 2008, 09:48 AM)

Thanks Again Boys. You help me. I try tuning again my gear but my gear not same as 5150, but I try remake it on 5150 . Sound of In Flames is realy gooooood, main on Jester race, Whoracle and on Soundtrack. If you will have reminder or facts, go here with them. Thanks

Oh and thanks for compliment of my gear:) Also it was hell expensive.

My gear:
Mesa/Boogie - Strategy 500
- Triaxis 2.0
- Roadking 4x12 box
T.C. Electronic G-Major
Electrovoice RE 2 wireless
Greco Les Paul custom black, EMG 81/89
ESP ltd KH 602 EMG 81/81
And in Czech republic made Guitar copy of Alexi Laiho ESP (very nice work:) with 1 EMG HZ h4

Posted by: Aleš R Jul 4 2008, 10:36 AM

Hello again. Please tell me somebody. Which version of Peavey 5150 they used? first or second?
Thanks.

Posted by: ZakkWylde Jul 4 2008, 10:43 AM

second, i think

Posted by: Aleš R Jul 4 2008, 11:14 AM

Thanks very much Zakk