Dir en grey : Sound Gear

 From the last post. We give information about Dir en grey's Guitar now we're focus on their bass, drum and other sound system hardware.


Dir en grey's distortion pedal, Custom Drum and ESP Halubut-ASH Bass
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     For distortion sound. Even they use the good preamp like Diezel , they also use distortion pedal as well for make more powerful sound. with the combination between preamp and distortion pedal, make sound tight and more hi-gain. Distortion pedal they use is Shark Wayzy Drive. The handmade effect pedal in Thailand. they make many signature pedal to worldwide also, such as Hiroshi Yamashita. Pop Worawit (Thai), etc.

     For drum section "Shinya" he use drum set as mention below.

Drums – Pearl Masters Retrospec Maple (6-ply), White Marine Pearl w/Gold Hardware  16"x13" Tom (mounted on hi-hat side, used as gong drum)
        10"x8" Tom
        12"x8" Tom
        13"x8" Tom
        16"x16" Floor Tom
        22"x18" Bass Drum (x2)
        20"x14" Gong Drum
        14"x5.8" Free-Floating Aluminum Shell Snare (custom depth, used as main snare)
        14"x3.5" Free-Floating Copper Shell Snare (used as side snare)
        13"x6.5" Open-Floating Brass Snare (used as side snare)

Cymbals – Sabian
        14" AA Metal-X Hi-Hats (often uses 14" B8 Pro Rock Hi-Hats)
        18" AAX Chinese
        18" AAX O-Zone Crash (x2)
        12" AAX O-Zone Splash (x2)
        18" AAX Metal Crash (x2)
        12" AA Mini Chinese (x2)
        20" AA Metal-X Chinese (x2)
        21" Vault Signature Carmine Appice Definition Ride
        18" AA Metal-X Chinese
        16" AA Chinese

Heads – Remo
        Toms – Emperor Coated (Batter, Rack/Floor Toms), Emperor Clear (Roto Toms), Ambassador Clear (Resonant, Rack/Floor Toms)
        Bass Drum – Powerstroke 3 Clear (Batter), Starfire Silver (Resonant)
        Snare – Controlled Sound Reverse Dot Coated (Batter), Ambassador Snare Side(Resonant)
        Gong Drum – Emperor Coated (Batter)

On his previous kits, Shinya has used a mix of Clear/Coated Ambassador heads and Clear Emperor heads on his toms, Ebony Suede heads on his main snare, and Coated Ambassadors on his auxiliary snares.

Hardware – Pearl (Custom gold-plated)
        Pearl Eliminator RH-2000 Remote Hi-Hat Stand
        Pearl Eliminator P-2000C Bass Pedal (x2, often uses a P-2002C Double Bass Pedal)
        Pearl ICON Racks and Clamps
        Pearl 2000 Series Tom and Cymbal Holders
        Pearl S-2000 Snare Stand
        Pearl D1000 Roadster Throne
Drum Sticks – Pearl
        Shinya Signature Model Stick: A pair of white-painted drumsticks made from hickory, measuring 14.5mm x 412mm with a ball-shaped nylon tip.

     For bassist "Toshinya", he not use so much gear, here the list.
  • Ampeg SVT-2 Pro Bass Amp
  • Ampeg SVT-810E Bass Cabinet
  • Eden WP100 Navigator Bass Preamp
  • Eden 2x Eden D810RP Bass Cabinets


     For the guitarist in red "Die", red color is his theme, not even his guitar is in red, but also his amps. here are the list of his Head-amps and Effect pedal he use.

  • Mesa/Boogie 6x Red Leather 4x12 Standard Rectifier Cabinet
  • Mesa/Boogie Red Leather Road King Head[2]
  • Mesa/Boogie TriAxis Preamp
  • Mesa/Boogie Red Leather Dual Rectifier Solo Head
  • 2x VHT Power Amps
  • Roland JC-120 Combo Amp
  • Boss FV-300L Volume Pedal
  • Dunlop Crybaby 95Q Wah
  • Digital Music Corp. Ground Control Pro Foot Controller
  • Tech 21 SansAmp PSA-1 Preamp
  • MoogerFooger MF-102 Ring Modulator Pedal
  • EHX POG
  • EHX Small Clone Chorus
  • MXR Phase 100
     For other guitarist "Kaoru" he usually use Diezel VH-4 Amps as his main. but also use other version too for make some differ sound in each song. here's the list of him.

  •  Custom Audio Electronics 3+SE Preamp
  •  VHT Pitbull Ultra-Lead amplifier
  •  Bogner Fish Preamp
  •  Dunlop Cry Baby wah-wah pedal
  •  Vox V847A wah-wah pedal
  •  Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Pedal
  •  DigiTech Whammy Pedal
  •  EHX Frequency Analyser
  •  EHX Deluxe Memory Man
  •  EHX Micro Synth
  •  EHX POG
  •  MXR Flanger
  •  Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
  •  Boss LS-2 Line Selector
  •  Boss GE-10 EQ
  •  MoogerFooger MF-101 Low Pass Filter
  •  Diezel VH4 amplifiers
  •  VHT Custom 6x12 Cabinets w/custom Japanese Zombie Heroez grill cloths

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