Incubus - Mike Einziger Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment

Mike Einziger is the multi-instrumentalist, co-writer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Incubus, in addition to his own side project band, Time Lapse Consortium. Instruments that he has played on Incubus records include guitar, piano, Mellotron, pipa, analog synthesizers, tape samplers, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and more. He's also played a Jerry Jones Guitars Master Sitar on "Nowhere Fast" from the Make Yourself album (live, he just plays the sitar part with his guitar), and a Pipa on "Aqueous Transmission". Mike also plays electric piano on songs like "Here In My Room" and has played piano on live versions of "Drive."

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in the Incubus guitar player's Guitar Rig.

Mike Einziger with Incubus

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Guitars

- Music Man Albert Lee model guitar (red)

- Variety of Ernie Ball guitars

- Ibanez guitars (in the early days)

- PRS McCarty Archtop guitars

- Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 Electric Guitar

- Fender Jazzmaster electric guitars

Notes: The Jazzmaster is now his main guitar. It has Seymour Duncan JM-2 pickups

- Gibson SG junior

- Gibson Les Pauls

- Guild D40 Jubilees fitted with Duncan D-TAR pickups

- Jerry Jones Electric Sitars

Amps and Cabinets

- Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb combo amps and 2x12 extension cabs

- Vox AC30 Reissue

Note: eliminated the tube rectifier on the AC30 and re-wired the tube socket to accommodate a solid-state rectifier

- Marshall 1959 SLP 100-watt Plexi Reissue

Note: The amp has been modded. The preamp stage was reconfigured to extract additional gain and a master volume knob was installed. The knob is situated where the second speaker jack normally goes into the rear of the amplifier.

- Marshall JCM 800