Michael Landau is a session guitarist who has played on albums since the early 1980s with tons of popular artists including Seal, Steve Perry, James Taylor, Wilson Phillips, Joni Mitchell, Richard Marx, and Miles Davis.
Michael has used a lot of different gear over the years. Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in his more recent guitar rigs.
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Guitars
- Suhr Strat with Suhr pickups
- Suhr Tele (Suhr S-90 & Suhr Classic Tele pickups)
- '97 Fender Custom Shop Strat with Suhr pickups
- Tyler Strat (DiMarzio 2.2 & Suhr SSV pickups)
- Tyler Strat (EMG pickups)
- '69 Black Fender Strat with Suhr pickups
- '68 Sunburst Fender Strat (DiMarzio 2.2 & Suhr SSV pickups)
- '63 Fender Strat (Fiesta Red)
- '63 Gibson SG
- '68 Gold Top Les Paul (PAF humbuckers)
Amps
- Custom Audio OD100 Classic Plus
- Fender '64 Pro Reverb with Celestion Heritage Series G12-65s
- Fender '64 Super Reverb with Dumble Ultra Phonix mod
- Fender '64 Deluxe Reverb with Dumble Ultra Phonix mod
- Matchless HC-30 amplifier
- 4x12 and 2xz12 Kerry Wright open-back cabinets with Celestion Heritage Series G12-65s
- Bogner Straight 4 x 12 with Celestion Vintage 30s
- Marshall Valvestate stereo power amp
- Custom Audio 2 x 10 cabs with Celestion Vintage 10 speakers
- '67 Plexi Marshall head (studio only)
- Dumble Slide Winder (studio only)
- Suhr Badger 18W v (studio only)
- Phil Jameson custom 30W (studio only)
Effects and More
- Maxon SD-9 Sonic Distortion
- Roger Mayer Voodoo 1
- Arion Stereo Chorus
- Boss VB-2
- Tycobrahe Octavia
- Custom Audio Super Tremolo
- Custom Audio Black Cat Vibe
- Real McCoy Wah Wah (red)
- Boss FV500H volume pedal
- Lexicon MPX-1 processor
- Palmer PGA-4 speaker simulator
- Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe
- Boss TU-12H tuner (tu-12ex pic below)
- Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 midi controller
Studio Rack Gear
- dbx 160A compressor
- Tri Stereo Chorus 618
- Eventide H3000 D/SE Harmonizer
- Lexicon MPX-1
- Lexicon PCM 70
- TC Electronic G-Force processor
- Two Lexicon PCM 42s
- Custom Audio Super Tremolo
- Ibanez vintage Tube Screamer TS-808
- Shure SM57 (to mic cabinets)
- Chandler Limited LTD-1 mic preamp
Strings and Picks
- D'Addario electric guitar strings (gauges 10-46 or 11-49)
- Fender medium picks
