Guitarist Markus Venehsalo, the latest addition to the ranks of Finnish power metal band Beast in Black, told us about his ESP love...
Markus Venehsalo: I have two mildly customized (almost) identical ESP LTD H3-1000FR guitars with the Floyd Rose 1000SE changed to the original Floyd Rose or "Floikka" as we say here in Finland. Both of the guitars had a small contour done for the picking hand.
Love how the EMG 66TW & 57F active pickups work with our presets on the Neural DSP’s Quad Cortex. This instrument is also great for lightning fast solos due to its 300-400mm compound radius.
I always use 9-46 string set on the Strat scale length (25.5 inches) guitars. Dunlop jazz 3 picks with the maximum grip for the maximum control!
Photo credit: Jarmo Katila / Toni Kilpinen
