Basses and guitars (live)
Sandberg California PM Oliver Riedel signature
Oliver has his own Sandberg California PM signature. It adopts the “Hardcore Age” unstructured finish. Plate is available in five colors,but he mainly uses the black one in concert.
Specifications:
Construction Type: Solid body
Neck construction: Screwed neck
Strings: 4
Frets: 22
Scale Length: 34″ / 86.4cm
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple
Fret board: Maple
Pickup Neck: Delano
Pickup Bridge: Delano
Pickup type: 1 P-Style & 1 MM-Style
Pick up selector: Blend – Regler
Equalizer: 2-band equalizer
Controls: Volume,Blend,Bass,Treble
Hardware: Chrome
Fender CN-90
Specifications
Body:
- Shape: Classical
- Back: Laminated Mahogany Back
- Sides: Laminated Mahogany Sides
- Top: Laminated Spruce Top
- Finish: Satin Polyurethane Finish
- Guitar Dimensions (LxWxH): 42.5 x 6 x 17 inches
- Weight: 10 pounds
- Rosette: Wood Mosaic Rosette
- Body Depth: 3.94 inches (100mm) to 4.92 inches (125mm)
Neck:
- Number of Frets: 18
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Neck Material: Nato
- Nut Width: 2.05 inches (52.07 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.3 inches (64.3 cm)
Hardware:
- Bridge: Rosewood
- Tuning Machines: 3-In-Line with White Buttons
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
This acoustic guitar is used during the introduction of the song “Frühling in Paris”. He can be seen playing it in this multicam video from LIFAD tour:
Old equipment
Basses
Sandberg Basic PM 5-Strings Greenburst (Mutter tour & Reise, Reise tour)
Specifications:
Body: Ash
Top: Rosewood
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Hardware: Sandberg, ETS
Electronics: Glockenklang 2-band EQ
Pickups: Delano PMVC5
- FE/M2 split-coil humbucker(neck),
- MC5 AL dual-coil humbucker (bridge)
Scale length: 34″
Weight: 8 lbs, 7 0z
•Sandberg Plasmabass Oliver Riedel signature (Mutter tour)
•Sandberg Terra Bass Olivier Riedel of Rammstein Signature
(from the Sehnsucht tour to the Reise, Reise tour)
The low B 4 string bass, tuned B E A D
Neck: Canadian maple, extra thick for low tuning
Fretboard: ebony 24 frets
Scale: 34″
Body: Alder
Finish: Matt Black Polyester
Hardware: Sandberg
Pickups: 1 Sandberg powerhumbucker
Electronics: Sandberg 3 band Active/ Passive
•ESP Eclipse Bass (Sehnsucht tour)
•Music Man StingRay (Herzeleid tour)
Size: 13-1/2″ wide, 1-5/8″ thick, 44-7/8″ long
Weight: 9 lbs, 5 oz (4.22 kg)
Body Wood: Select hardwood
Body Finish: High gloss polyester
Bridge :Standard – Music Man® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles;
Pickguard: Standard – Black or White
Scale Length: 34″ (86.4 cm)
Neck Radius: 11″ (27.9 cm)
Headstock Size: Only 8-3/4″ (22.2 cm) long
Frets: 21 – High profile, wide
Neck Width: 1-5/8″ (41.3 mm) at nut 2-1/2″ (63.5 mm) at last fret
Neck Wood: Select maple neck
Fingerboard: maple or rosewood
Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Tuning Machines: Schaller BM, with tapered string posts
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Neck Attachment: 6 bolts
Electronic Shielding: graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and chrome plated brass control cover
Controls:
- Single Pickup, 2-band active preamp, vol, treble, bass;
- Single or Dual Pickup, 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass;
- Piezo 3-band active preamp: vol, mag/piezo pan, treble, mid, bass
Switching: Dual Pickup – 5-way lever pickup selector
Pickups: Music Man® humbucking with Alnico magnets
Strings: 45w-65w-80w-100w
Microphones
•Shure 520DX Green Bullet (Reise, Reise tour)
•During some songs, Oliver uses Paul’s microphone.
Amps
•Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI
•Glockenklang Heart-Rock Amp
•Ampeg SVT2 Premiere Edition Amp
•Ampeg SVT-410HE
•Ampeg SVT15E
Speakers : 8×10 Cabs