Plini Gear Guide
Australian guitarist Plini’s Strandberg headless guitars, Fractal Axe-Fx processing, signature Neural DSP software and progressive instrumental tones.
A period-by-period quick reference to guitars, amplification, effects and songs. Gear can vary by recording, tour and year.
Guitars
| Gear / reference | Details | Era / use |
|---|---|---|
| Strandberg Boden Prog NX 7 | Seven-string headless guitar suited to extended-range progressive parts. | Touring/studio |
| Strandberg Boden Fusion NX 6 | Six-string option for standard-range parts and alternate tunings. | Selected recordings |
| Strandberg signature models | Ergonomic headless instruments form the center of his modern live rig. | Career-wide |
| Suhr guitars | Earlier instruments used before the Strandberg partnership. | Early recordings |
| Extended-range seven-string setup | Lower register expands chord voicings and riff range. | Song dependent |
| Acoustic guitar | Acoustic passages and clean parts appear in studio arrangements. | Selected tracks |
Amplifiers
| Gear / reference | Details | Era / use |
|---|---|---|
| Fractal Axe-Fx III | Main rack-based amp and effects platform in documented modern rigs. | Recent touring |
| Fractal Axe-Fx II | Earlier digital rig; Plini has discussed sharing an Axe-Fx on tour. | Earlier touring |
| Direct stereo outputs | Modeler routes processed guitar to the front of house and in-ear monitoring. | Live |
| Neural DSP Archetype: Plini | Software amp/effects suite for recording and practice. | Studio |
Effects and signal chain
| Gear / reference | Details | Era / use |
|---|---|---|
| Fractal amp models | Clean, edge-of-breakup and high-gain models recalled by preset. | Live/studio |
| Delay | Rhythmic repeats support melodic and ambient sections. | Song dependent |
| Reverb | Long tails broaden clean arpeggios and transitions. | Song dependent |
| Chorus and modulation | Stereo width and movement in clean tones. | Selected parts |
| Compression | Evens out picked lines and clean passages. | Studio/live |
| Overdrive and boost models | Pushes amp models for controlled progressive-metal gain. | Preset dependent |
| MIDI/preset control | Song-specific patches allow quick changes in the compact rig. | Live |
Song and era references
| Gear / reference | Details | Era / use |
|---|---|---|
| Electric Sunrise | Melodic lead tone, clean passages and layered digital processing. | Handmade Cities |
| Every Piece Matters | Clean arpeggios and gradual ambient build. | Handmade Cities |
| Selenium Forest | Extended-range guitar and contrasting gain textures. | Other Things |
| Cascade | Dynamic clean-to-heavy sections with modeled amp tones. | Impulse Voices |
| Ego Death | Multiple guitar layers and evolving progressive arrangement. | Polyphia collaboration |