Gear

Guitars

• Gibson Les Paul Classic, Honeyburst/plaintop (2003/2004). Bridge pickup replaced with Gibson Classic '57, neck pickup stock but with cover added. My new main guitar.
  
  Gibson Les Paul Classic

• Epiphone Sorrento, orange (1996/2002). This is a pretty hollowbody with P90-pickups, like the Casino but with a different body and neck shape. It's a nice player with a very narrow neck, but that only makes powerchording more comfortable. I've replaced the feedback-prone stock Epi P90's with new Gibsons.
  
  Epiphone Sorrento...
  
  ...undergoing surgery for new P90's.

• Epiphone Les Paul Heritage, Cherry sunburst (2002/2003). I found that I couldn't really play on my Telecaster after being so used to Les Paul necks. So, when I got the opportuinity to trade it for an almost new Epi LP Heritage (Czech made with Schaller hardware) I took it. As usual I replaced the pickups, this time with cool-looking PRS zebra open-coils (Vintage bass and Santana).

  
  Epi Les Paul Heritage

• Rickenbacker 330/12, Fireglo (1978/1997). This is my favourite guitar, even though it's hard as hell to play, intonates badly due to the original 6-string saddle, doesn't really suit that many styles and takes hours to tune and restring. But when it shines, it really shines. I bought it on the spot and lived on stale bread for the rest of the month.
  
  Rick 330 + Marshall BB

• Yamaha SE-250, red (1988/1989). This was my second guitar, and the oldest I still own. It has decent pickups and a really bad Floyd Rose imitation. I endured the tremolo during the time this was my main guitar, but one day I finally put it out of its misery by removing the springs and wedging in wood to knock the float out of it.

  The whole body, neck and all, was painted with a thick plastic finish. One weekend I removed all but the "primer" on the neck. Actually, it didn't take a whole weekend, I sanded watching evening TV.

  Recently I bolted on one of the old Epi P90's in the bridge position, which makes for a piercing twangy-surfer sound.

• Seagull S6+ Cedar, natural (2000/2001). My main acoustic guitar. It has a nice, balanced sound. Not too bright, not too dark. It has a good response when playing with fingers. The top is very lighly coated and scratches easily when playing with a pick.
• Tokai J-200, natural (?/2004). I use this one in Friday in June with a magnetic pickup in the soundhole - sounds actually quite good through my ordinary electric setup. Very easy to play, like a buttery Les Paul.
  
  Tokai J-200

• Norman 12-string, natural (2000/2000). This is a big guitar with a massive sound. It's not very sophisticated in build, but an affordable and good sounding 12 all the same.

Basses

• "Fender" Precision bass, natural (???/2003). This is a really nice P-bass with an alder body of unknown origin, and a 1980's Fender '57 reissue neck. Pickups may be japanese Squier. I just couldn't let this one go after trying it out at JAM. Despite (or because of?) being a non-original, it has a wonderful woody response that I haven't found in many Fenders, at least not affordable ones. Records beautifully.
  
  "Fender" P-bass

• Rickenbacker 4003, Burgundyglo (1981/1998). I bought this used from an ad. It's beatiful, has a wonderful solid vibrating response when playing with your fingers that I haven't found in Fenders. Maybe it's because of the neck-through construction. It's a bit hard to record, it easily clogs up lots of frequencies. Maybe this is just me not knowing how to record. Funny sidenote: this bass was once reputedly almost bought by Christoffer Lundqvist, of Brainpool fame.
  
  Rickenbacker 4003 + Trace Elliot BLX80

• Yamaha RBX, natural (1995/1996). This is a really light mini-precision bass copy. It was the cheapest bass I could find that actually felt like a real instrument. I played on this for my entire time in The Graduates, except for the last months when I got the Rick. It's neck-heavy, but that mostly depends on the body being so light. This bass records well. It's easy to get a good clean bass sound through a Bass POD.

Amps

• Marshall model 1962 "Bluesbreaker" reissue (ca 1990/1996). This is a remake of the famous Bluesbreaker amp, as used by Clapton while he was in the Bluesbreakers. I recently had the original no-name 5881 tubes replaced with GrooveTubes KT-66:s, so it's better than ever.

  This amp has no gain control, and it's so loud you really can't get any power stage break-up. Currently I use a H&K Tube factor as pre-amp/distortion. It has the headroom I've missed in all pedals I've used before (BOSS Blues Driver, BOSS Distorsion, POD etc). As the Marshall doesn't have a reverb, I use a E-H Holy Grail which sounds good, I only wish it was slightly programmable.

• Marshall model 1987X "Plexi" reissue (ca 1995/2005) with 1960A cabinet. I got this one recently because the Bluesbreaker broke down, and also because I need two amps if I'm going to play in two bands.

• Trace-Elliot BLX-80 (ca 1997/1998). I got this small bass combo because I needed an amp to get a gig at "Lundakarnevalen" in 1998. It only has an 8" driver, but it has a sort-of horn loaded cabinet that gives a rather good bass sound.